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Malikah Asante-Chioke v. Nicholas Dowdle, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-30694 · judgment June 5, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

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Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dana Evans Foster
White & Case LLP

For respondent
Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga
Louisiana Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
24A209

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 24 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 23 2024
    Reply of petitioner Malikah Asante-Chioke filed. (Distributed)
  4. Dec 18 2024
    Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
  5. Dec 17 2024
    Brief of respondents Nicholas Dowdle, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Dec 06 2024
    Brief amici curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed.
  7. Nov 21 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 17, 2024.
  8. Nov 20 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2024 to December 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Nov 06 2024
    Response Requested. (Due December 6, 2024)
  10. Oct 31 2024
    Brief amicus curiae of Michael E. Solimine filed. (Distributed)
  11. Oct 30 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
  12. Oct 30 2024
    Brief amici curiae of Public Accountability, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  13. Oct 25 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Nicholas Dowdle, et al. to respond filed.
  14. Oct 03 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2024)
  15. Aug 27 2024
    Application (24A209) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 3, 2024.
  16. Aug 23 2024
    Application (24A209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2024 to October 3, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.