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Terry Lee Hinds v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-1299 · judgment February 26, 2018


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

The issue presented is whether the Eighth Circuit or district court erred as a matter of law. Under such grounds or the precedent in Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 163 (1803) and United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502, 503 (1954) this Court should vacate the Court of Appeals' judgment and instruct that court to remand the case to the district court with directions to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the laws made pursuant thereto; providing prospective, declaratory or other relief consistent with the judgement as a legal remedy at law, with regards to the First, Fifth and Ninth Amendment rights established by the U.S. Constitution and in accordance with U.S. Supreme Court's decisions, doctrines or the Judiciary Act of 1789 germane to this case or of its appeal. Three questions of exceptional importance are presented: Did judges of the Eighth Circuit or district court satisfy their sworn oath of office and solemn duty or important role to faithfully discharge Court doctrines and to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the laws made pursuant thereto? Did the Eighth Circuit appropriately conclude that Petitioner's substantive and procedural due process challenges to his First Amendment free exercise claims as protected speech of religious beliefs and conscience or within his petition speech of establishment clause challenges were properly considered? Did the Eighth Circuit forsake the Supremacy Clause?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Terry Lee Hinds

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 19 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Oct 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
  3. Oct 22 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  6. Jun 04 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  7. May 24 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 29, 2018)