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In Re Harold R. Stanley

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · October 1, 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

Question 1. Are federal judges liable to personal capacity suits seeking only declaratory judgments? Question 2. Can a federal judge procure entry of the United States to substitute for defaulted attorneys sued solely in personal capacity for declaratory judgment, thus blocking litigants' rights to sue the attorneys personally? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING Harold R. Stanley Michael B. Ellis, Robert A. McNeil Lee C. Prymmer Barry E. Brooks William B. McGarrin Ebenezer K. Howe, IV Lynne Kuchenbuch Mark Crumpacker Gary S. Dwaileebe Louis R. DePolo Gregory A. Darst Melba Ford, Petitioners In Propria Persona The Hon. Rudolph Contreras, Respondent

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Harold R. Stanley

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. May 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition filed. (Response due June 18, 2018)