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Reginald Keith Clark v. Colorado

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 2022SC313 · judgment July 1, 2024


Certiorari denied · February 24, 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

Whether a trial court violates a defendant’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when it errone­ ously denies a for-cause challenge to a racially biased prospective juror. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal
Hogan Lovells US LLP

For respondent
Shannon Wells Stevenson
Colorado Department of Law

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 merits
(2 supporting pet./neither)

Linked docket
24A490

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 21 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Colorado Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel, et al. filed.
  3. Feb 20 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, et al. filed.
  4. Feb 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
  5. Jan 31 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
  6. Jan 21 2025
    Motion (24M54) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
  7. Dec 31 2024
    Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
  8. Dec 17 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2025)
  9. Dec 17 2024
    Motion (24M54) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
  10. Nov 15 2024
    Application (24A490) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 17, 2024.
  11. Nov 05 2024
    Application (24A490) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 17, 2024 to January 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.