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Richard Stanton Whitman v. Shelbie Smith, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-3858 · judgment June 10, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

† Mr. Brown is admitted only in Arkansas, and is practicing law in the District of Columbia pending admission to the D.C. Bar and under the supervision of principals of the firm who are members in good standing of the D.C. Bar.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Cody Lawrence Reaves
Sidley Austin LLP

For respondent
Thomas Elliot Gaiser
Office of the Ohio Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A211

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Nov 22 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent David, Warden Gray to respond filed.
  4. Nov 07 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2024)
  5. Aug 29 2024
    Application (24A211) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until November 7, 2024.
  6. Aug 23 2024
    Application (24A211) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 8, 2024 to November 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.