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Clifford James Frost, Jr. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1132 · judgment April 17, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the “bad faith” exception to Younger preemption require the plaintiff to show that he or she has been subject to multiple criminal prosecutions as a prerequisite to proving that a prosecution has been undertaken in bad faith without hope of obtaining a valid conviction, or can a single criminal prosecution be sufficient?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Edward Francis Kickham III
Kickham Hanley PLLC
For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan to respond filed.
- Jul 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 10, 2025)