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Nicholas Roddy Ramlow v. Amanda Marie Mitchell

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Idaho, No. 50287-2022 · judgment November 27, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 14, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether mask-wearing is symbolic or expressive speech.

  2. Whether Petitioner’s appeal is moot.

  3. Given the cyclical nature of pandemics, the existence of international biological weaponry, and the courts’ refusal to disavow its policy, whether there is a reasonable expectation that courts will implement mask-wearing requirements in the future.

  4. Whether vacatur of order in interest of fairness is warranted.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Nicholas Roddy Ramlow

For respondent
Amanda Marie Mitchell

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A806

Proceedings

  1. Oct 14 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  3. Sep 03 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Amanda Marie Mitchell to respond filed.
  4. Apr 26 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
  5. Feb 19 2025
    Application (24A806) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 26, 2025.
  6. Feb 14 2025
    Application (24A806) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 25, 2025 to April 26, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.