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Edgar Dale Dillon v. Westmoreland Department of Social Services

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 230735 · judgment October 11, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 21, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a business respondent.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Virginia Supreme Court correctly applied due process rights of Lassister to the Habeas Petition relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in a child removal proceeding?

  2. Does a parent have a Due Process right to counsel in situations where state action severely interferes with the parental child relationship but is less than full termination of parental rights?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Vitow Anderson
ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES, PC

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 21, 2025 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 21 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
  3. Nov 18 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)