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Malcolm Wilson v. Angelita Castaneda
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 22-3068 · judgment July 15, 2025
Certiorari denied · April 20, 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
Whether due process requires a prison disciplinary board to provide “some evidence” of the amount of actual or estimated loss caused by an inmate’s actions before depriving the inmate of his trust-account funds by imposing a restitution sanction.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Louis Lindinger
Mayer Brown
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Feb 02 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2026)
- Dec 01 2025Application (25A620) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until February 2, 2026.
- Nov 21 2025Application (25A620) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 4, 2025 to February 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.