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Brookhart v. Smith

Petition for certiorari denied on March 28, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-475 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)"s strictures in awarding habeas relief to the respondent, Kenneth Smith, based on its own reweighing of the evidence rather than deferring to the state court"s contrary view.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/24/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2021)
11/16/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
11/30/2021Response Requested. (Due December 30, 2021)
12/14/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 30, 2021 to January 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
12/16/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 31, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
01/24/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 31, 2022 to February 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
01/25/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 22, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
02/22/2022Brief of respondent Kenneth Smith in opposition filed.
03/09/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
03/09/2022Reply of petitioner Deanna Brookhart filed. (Distributed)
03/28/2022Petition DENIED.