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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
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
25A245
Order
Order list, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
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.