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Timothy M. Barrett v. Valerie Jill Minor

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 170022 · judgment February 8, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Are Virginia's Child Custody Statutes Facially Unconstitutional? Are the Parties' 2006, 2010 and 2012 Child Custody Orders Unconstitutional as Applied? May a Trial Court Arbitrarily Deny an Aggrieved Parent his Day in Court in Violation of State Law without Violating the 1st and 14th Amendments?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy M. Barrett

For respondent
Steven Ray Minor
Elliott Lawson & Minor

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 29 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 31 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Valerie Jill Minor to respond filed.
  4. Apr 24 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2018)