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Kariann V. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. Cum-23-206 · judgment December 7, 2023


Certiorari denied · November 4, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Where a State court of last resort is bound by statute to address all questions of law presented in appeals, may that court issue an order denying an appeal without addressing all questions of law presented to it?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bronson Charles Stephens
Fort Knox Law. LLC

For respondent
Hunter Clayton Umphrey
State of Maine Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
24M22

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 16 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
  3. Oct 15 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Maine Department of Health and Human Services to respond filed.
  4. Oct 07 2024
    Motion (24M22) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
  5. Sep 04 2024
    MOTION (24M22) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  6. Mar 06 2024
    Motion (24M22) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
  7. Mar 06 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2024)