By Michael L. Moskowitz and Melissa A. Guseynov

The United States Supreme Court recently denied a petition for certiorari in a Ninth Circuit case entitled Ritter v. Brady (No. 18-747), seeking to overrule the Court’s 1992 decision in Dewsnup v. Timm, 502 U.S. 410 (1992). This denial suggests the Court will not reconsider Dewsnup anytime soon.