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Gavin B. Davis v. Timothy G. O'Connor
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55049 · judgment January 23, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether (a) a State-to-Federal Removal Action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1443, expressly reserved for supplemental jurisdiction inside of (b) a 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Deprivation of Civil Rights, permissible parallel cross-claim to a state criminal proceeding (i.e. not requiring final favorable determination for the accused) (i) automatically qualifies for Interlocutory Appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a) as a special type of injunction as posited by the Petitioner; or, in the alternative (ii) such interlocutory movement is not foreclosed for appellate consideration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), good cause shown there under. (A "first impression" question.) Whether the willful suppression of certain legally required, and Constitutionally protected, forthright (i.e. without prompt) and timely disclosures (i.e. Brady disclosures and its California analog, Ca PC § 1054 (e.g. a "RAP" sheet of an accuser or other exculpatory evidence)) that prime (i.e. come before and by judicial precedence are not deemed "integral" to the judicial phase itself) the judicial phase of a state criminal proceeding are properly actioned in parallel to a state criminal proceeding under a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 cross-claim, as posited by the Petitioner. (A question of public importance (28 U.S.C. § 2101(e)))
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gavin B. Davis
For respondent
Jacqueline Joanna McQuarrie
Office of the City Attorney
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 10 2019Petition DENIED.
- May 21 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
- May 09 2019Waiver of right of respondent Timothy G. O'Connor to respond filed.
- Mar 04 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2019)