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Barbara Mrzlak Brundo v. Christ the King Church of Omaha

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-1297 · judgment August 2, 2018

Certiorari denied · May 20, 2019
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

Whether the Rule 11 sanctions paid by petitioner for the alleged frivolous complaints from 2001 and yet unresolved, should be returned with interest according to judgment rate as of the date of the judgment for each sanction? Whether the Estate of Suzanne C. Modlin, in her Last Will & Testament including Trust funds (UBS and Bank of the West accounts, death benefits, etc.) and all real and personal property naming petitioner, denied by Order of the Douglas County Nebraska Probate Court for alleged "breaking the law" was pretext, harassment, i.e. retaliation for the filing of alleged frivolous lawsuits, in the

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Barbara Mrzlak Brundo

For respondent
Margaret Coyle Hershiser
Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O.

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. Apr 23 2019
    Waiver of Westside Foundation of right to respond not accepted for filing. (April 29, 2019 -- Duplicate submission)
  4. Apr 23 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Westside Community Schools and Westside Foundation to respond filed.
  5. Apr 10 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Bright Horizons @ College of St. Mary to respond filed.
  6. Apr 02 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Christ the King Church of Omaha to respond filed.
  7. Apr 01 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Fremont Public Schools to respond filed.
  8. Jan 09 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)