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Douglas C. Charnock, Jr. v. Virginia, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1049 · judgment October 11, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Should state court divorce decrees be able to order veterans to use disability income to pay off marital debt even after this Court’s reaffirmation of 38 U.S.C. § 5301 (2012) and Mansell v. Mansell through its decision in Howell v. Howell?

  2. Does a state court’s denial of accessibility assistance to a disabled veteran that effectively precludes him from participation in courtroom proceedings violate his fundamental right to access state courts?

  3. Should Younger, Rooker-Feldman, and immunity doctrines deny jurisdiction to federal courts over state judicial decisions when those decisions flagrantly contravene both federal law and United Stated Supreme Court decisions?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael D.J. Eisenberg
Law Office of Michael D.J. Eisenberg, Attorney and

For respondent
Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  3. Mar 19 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Virginia to respond filed.
  4. Mar 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2018)