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Michael Vechery v. Florence Cottet-Moine

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 170613 · judgment August 28, 2017


Certiorari denied · February 20, 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.

Question presented

Whether the Circuit Court violated Petitioner's constitutional right to fully present his case and his constitutional right to raise his daughter in a manner free of arbitrary judicial intervention by: Refusing to re-open the evidence to allow Petitioner to submit evidence that directly pertained to his competency as a parent; Refusing to conduct an in camera interview with the minor-daughter to determine whether she was competent to testify, despite the fact that she was the sole witness of an assault Respondent committed against Petitioner; Arbitrarily barring the daughter from playing competitive golf for a year despite the absence of any evidence suggesting that the golfing was having any adverse consequences on the child.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mike Vechery

For respondent
Mark Bernard Sandground Sr.
Sanground, West, Silek & Raminpour, PLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Dec 29 2017
    Brief of respondent Florence Cottet-Moine in opposition filed.
  4. Nov 27 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 29, 2017)