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Bonnie Michelle Smith v. Shirley Smith

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A25A1009 · judgment March 7, 2025

Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Does judicial activism violate the separation of powers?

  2. Can the Court act as a super legislature that imposes its own policy preferences rather than the plain meaning of the rule of law as written?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bonnie Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith Attorney at Law

For respondent
Paul Wesley Larkin
Beamon Law, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 25 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Feb 10 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Shirley Smith to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Dec 15 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2026)
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