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Joseph Dixon v. East Coast Music Mall, et al.

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Connecticut, No. AC 39555 · judgment November 14, 2017


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

Was Petitioner Joseph Dixon entitled to Judgment by Default entered by the Clerk of Court against Defendants? Pursuant to the rules in Connecticut, Defendants have failed to respond to Petitioner, Joseph Dixon's complaint served by U.S. Marshal upon Defendants; and have failed to attend settlement negotiations set up by the Court. When judgment was granted in Petitioner's favor, is it proper judgment when no parties are remaining in the case to pay the judgment? And given Petitioner's demand for tort and punitive damages in the amount of $3,324,314.00, including interest and costs, is the amount of the judgment, $2,706.33, unconscientiously and unusually low? Whether the Appellate Court erred in affirming defendant, Morgan Pettinato's untimely, out of sequence, Motion to Revise Complaint. Defendant's untimely, and out of sequence motion to revise was not necessary, as the lower Court had stated, during the trial that Petitioner's Amended Complaint was in conformity of what a complaint is supposed to be, and that Petitioner knew how to write a complaint?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Dixon

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jun 05 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2018)