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Tina Gerlach v. Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1792 · judgment March 6, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

CHARLES R. WATKINS Guin, Stokes & Evans, LLC 805 Lake Street, #226 Oak Park, IL 60301 Telephone: (312) 878-8391 GARETT BLANCHFIELD ROBERTA YARD Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield 80 So. 8th Street, Suite 900 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (651) 287-2100 Counsel for Petitioner

Counsel of record

For petitioner
J. David Breemer
Pacific Legal Foundation

For respondent
James Allen Barta
Office of the Indiana Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
23A995

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 18 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 12 2024
    Reply of petitioner Tina Gerlach filed.
  4. Dec 02 2024
    Brief of respondents Todd Rokita, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 26 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part, and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024.
  6. Sep 20 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2024 to December 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 18 2024
    Response Requested. (Due October 18, 2024)
  8. Aug 07 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  9. Aug 01 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Todd Rokita, in his official capacity as Indiana Attorney General and his individual capacity, et al. to respond filed.
  10. Jul 03 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2024)
  11. May 09 2024
    Application (23A995) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until July 3, 2024.
  12. May 06 2024
    Application (23A995) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 4, 2024 to July 3, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.