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Eric Matthew Mumaw v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 24-3272 · judgment May 20, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 17, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below and counsel who has filed here before.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the Petitioner’s Certificate of Appealability?

  2. Whether the District Court should have granted the Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Joseph Katsock

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, November 17, 2025 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 17 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 29 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
  3. Sep 15 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2025)