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Scot Van Oudenhoven v. Wisconsin Department of Justice
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Wisconsin, No. 2023AP000070 · judgment June 24, 2025
Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
- Does the word “expunged” in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(33)(B)(ii) apply to all expungements under state law, or does an expungement under state law have to completely undo the effects of a conviction?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John R. Monroe
Attorney at Law
For respondent
Brian Patrick Keenan
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Feb 02 2026Reply of petitioner Scot Van Oudenhoven filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 16 2026Brief of respondent Wisconsin Department of Justice in opposition filed.
- Dec 17 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 16, 2026.
- Dec 16 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2025 to January 16, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)
- Aug 29 2025Application (25A245) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until November 21, 2025.
- Aug 27 2025Application (25A245) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 22, 2025 to November 21, 2025, submitted to Justice Barrett.