Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Reed Kirk McDonald v. Arapahoe County, Colorado

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 18-1070 · judgment November 28, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 3, 2019
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

The specific question presented is: Whether a party who was not, and has never been named as an underlying party to any court proceedings for/against petitioner can invoke Rooker-Feldman doctrine to dismiss litigation? The wide-ranging question: Neither the granting nor the denial of a motion under Colorado's Rule 120 non-judicial proceeding shall constitute an appealable order or judgment as a matter of Colorado law. Thus, do Rule 120 non-judicial proceedings exhibit preclusion in federal courts?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Reed K. McDonald

For respondent
Monica N. Kovaci
Arapahoe County Attorney's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, June 3, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 03 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 14 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
  3. Apr 25 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Arapahoe County to respond filed.
  4. Apr 08 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 13, 2019)