Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Thomas John Boukamp v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-11035 · judgment June 25, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 25, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

I. In Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), this &RXUWKHOGWKDWDGHIHQGDQWLVFRPSHWHQWWRVWDQG WULDOZKHQKH´KDVVXIÀFLHQWSUHVHQWDELOLW\WRFRQVXOW ZLWKKLVODZ\HUZLWKDUHDVRQDEOHGHJUHHRIUDWLRQDO XQGHUVWDQGLQJµDQGZKHQ´KHKDVDUDWLRQDODVZHOO DVIDFWXDOXQGHUVWDQGLQJRIWKHSURFHHGLQJVDJDLQVW KLPµ'RHVWKH´UDWLRQDOXQGHUVWDQGLQJµFRPSRQHQW of the Dusky standard require that the defendant be FDSDEOHRIPDNLQJUDWLRQDOGHFLVLRQV" II. Does a defendant have a rational understanding of WKHSURFHHGLQJVDJDLQVWKLPZKHQKLVWKHRU\RIWKH FDVH UHVXOWV IURP D GHYHORSPHQWDO GLVDELOLW\ DQG FDQQRWQHJDWHWKHHOHPHQWVRIWKHRIIHQVH"

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jessica Alice Graf
Jessica Graf Law, PLLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A250

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
  3. Nov 04 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 23 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2024)
  5. Sep 10 2024
    Application (24A250) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 23, 2024.
  6. Sep 05 2024
    Application (24A250) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 23, 2024 to October 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.