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William M. Turner v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 17-2105 · judgment December 12, 2018


Certiorari denied · May 20, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in finding that Appellant’s 1983 and 1985 claims are barred by the Statute of Limitations. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to apply the principle underlying in Heck v. Humphrey in this case. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in finding that the Statute of Limitation (SOL) of Appellant’s malicious prosecution claim accrued on February 26, 2010 on which the New Mexico Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (BOL) entered a decision against the Appellant. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in finding that Appellant’s federal claims could have been dismissed under Younger Abstention. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in finding that the “continuing wrong doctrine” is inapplicable to Appellant’s federal claims.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aubrey Blair Dunn
WARBA, LLP

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 20 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
  3. Mar 12 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2019)