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Rodney Dale Harmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1184 · judgment April 2, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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

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Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig

For respondent
Autumn Hamit Patterson
Office of the Arkansas Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 09 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 08 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
  4. Jun 30 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2025)