Joe Exotic just hit the end of the legal road—and it was a dead end with a “nope.” The Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear his appeal to overturn his 2019 conviction for plotting to have rival Carole Baskin killed. No big explanation, no drama—just a one-line rejection. Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was convicted of hiring two men (including an undercover FBI agent—never a great choice) to carry out the murder-for-hire scheme. His lawyers argued the trial had errors and deserved another look, but the justices weren’t buying it. So now? The courtroom door is basically slammed shut. His only long-shot play is a presidential pardon—something he’s already tried pitching to Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and then Trump again. So far, radio silence.