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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, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

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)