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Michelet Michael Smith v. Jessica Reynolds, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, No. 1 CA-CV 25-0147 · judgment September 30, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weights this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Whether a State may treat a Fourteenth Amend ment due-proJess objection as waived because a civil litigant did not seek leave to file an additional memo randum not provided for by the governing briefing rule, where neither the rule nor the court identified a deadline for that request and the trial court decided the dispositivJ motion approximately two days after the movant’s r aply.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michelet Michael Smith
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Linked docket
25A1418
Proceedings
- Aug 15 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2026)
- Jun 18 2026Application (25A1418) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 16, 2026.
- Jun 06 2026Application (25A1418) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2026 to August 16, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.