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Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1449 · judgment April 26, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Consistent with the presumption against retroactive legislation, whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283, which extended the statute of limitations for sex offenses against children, was inapplicable to charged conduct from the 1990s, such that Defendant’s charges were brought outside the applicable statute of limitations.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jennifer Bonjean
Bonjean Law Group
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Aug 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 05 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 25 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2024)