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Melvin Blough v. Nick Nazaretian, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 16-17256 · judgment August 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 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

In a claim to judicial. immunity by state court judges • does the term "judicial capacity" include jurisdiction, to kiiowingly, unlawfully and covertly refuse to enforce those*" federal statutes which preempt state. statutes and enforce those state statutes which, were voided by the preempting federal statutes?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Melvin E. Blough

For respondent
Shelley Brown Cridlin
Office of the FL Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Jan 17 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Nick Nazaretian, Lauren Lee, Tracy Sheehan to respond filed.
  4. Nov 20 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2018)