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Turner Lee Calloway v. Washington

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Washington, No. 103374-5 · judgment March 19, 2026


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estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)

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Question presented

Whether the State of Washington’s harassment statute, Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.46.20(1)(a)(i), which criminalizes threatening speech without defining a culpable mental state, is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment as interpreted by this Court in Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66 (2023).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Richard Wayne Lechich
Washington Appellate Project

For respondent
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Case

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

Conference history
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Linked docket
26A103

Proceedings

  1. Sep 21 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2026)
  2. Sep 10 2026
    Notice of substitution of counsel not accepted for filing. (September 24, 2026--Document not of the type that is to be e-filed)
  3. Jul 23 2026
    Application (26A103) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 20, 2026.
  4. Jul 08 2026
    Application (26A103) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 22, 2026 to September 20, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.