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Willie M. Walker v. Columbus Division of Police, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-3625 · judgment February 24, 2026

estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)

Rule 10: circuit split argued

At the Nov 6 conference: granted 0% · GVR 0% · relisted 1.1% · denied 99%

Granted ever, conference-stage estimate: 0.04%

Well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weights this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

Whether a state actor's deliberate cover-up of a murder violates the victim’s family’s rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, notwithstanding the general rule that there is no constitutional right to the prosecution of another,
Whether the accrual of a § 1983 claim alleging a police cover-up of murder begins only upon the discovery of concealed evidence,, where ongoing misconduct spans years and new revelations in 2024 triggered awareness of the full injury.

For petitioner
Willie Walker

For respondent
Alexandra N. Pickerill
Columbus City Attorney

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 14 2026
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
Sep 22 2026
Waiver of right of respondents City of Columbus, the Columbus Division of Police, Robby Warnick, Robert Wachalec, Terry McConnell, Michelle Henry, Raymond Guman, FNU Strayer, FNU Smith, Roy Lisath, Michael Gray, FNU Becker, Kim Jacobs, FNU Quinlan, Michael Woods, FNU Dinner, Kate Pisho to respond filed.
Main Document
Sep 18 2026
Waiver of right of respondents Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Franklin County Coroner's Office, and Janet A. Grubb to respond filed.
Main Document
Apr 13 2026
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2026)
Petition Appendix Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count