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Nina Elmendorf-Steele v. Michigan

Paid petition · Circuit Court of Michigan, Berrien County, No. 2022-0025-AV-P · judgment January 20, 2023


Certiorari denied · May 19, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

  1. Does a civil forfeiture proceeding brought by the government against an animal require the clear and convincing standard of proof?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Nina Elmendorf-Steele

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 19 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 29 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
  3. Jan 27 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2025)