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Dahne v. Richey

Petition for certiorari denied on May 13, 2019

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-761	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: Whether prison inmates have a First Amendment right to include threatening, abusive and irrelevant language in grievances.

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No new grants today (Amy Howe, May 13, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/12/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)
01/03/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2019 to February 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
01/08/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 28, 2019.
01/14/2019	Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
02/28/2019	Brief of respondent Thomas Richey W.S. in opposition filed.
03/18/2019	Reply of petitioner D. Dahne filed.
03/20/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
04/15/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
04/22/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
05/06/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
05/13/2019	Petition DENIED. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Kavanaugh join, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)