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Kevin J. Koelemij v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-13381 · judgment May 12, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claim that he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial as a result of the state trial court rebuking the Petitioner and then defense counsel in the presence of the jury.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Robert Ufferman
Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.
For respondent
Sonya Roebuck Horbelt
Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A79
Order
Order list, October 14, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2025)
- Jul 21 2025Application (25A79) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 9, 2025.
- Jul 10 2025Application (25A79) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 10, 2025 to September 11, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.