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Keith Roderick Broadnax, et al. v. Ida Williams, et al.

Paid petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 16-CV-1213, 16-CV-1214 · judgment August 17, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 11, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a record entitled Minnesota Rules of Court, Rule 220 "Birth Certificates" ("Rule 220") in due form have full faith and credit in the District of Columbia as prescribed in Article IV. Section 1. of the Constitution for the United States of America ("Const. U. S. art. 4, § 1"). Whether Respondent Ida Williams as Recorder of Deeds have a duty and obligation to record Keith Roderick Broadnax's and Rodney Ryan Graves's Certificates in the public record of the Recorder of Deeds, pursuant to Statutes at Large 66 Stat. 129, June 9, 1952; Section 1. Whether Keith and Rodney have standing under Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 57 to seek clarification and a declaration of their substantive rights and status under their Certificates.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Keith Roderick Broadnax

For respondent
Stacy Louise Anderson
Office of the Attorney General for D.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 11 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 22 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
  3. May 17 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Ida Williams, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2018)