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Anita M. Barrow v. B. Grant Willis, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 17-1819 · judgment October 15, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 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 questions presented for review are: Should the First Circuit Court have applied the doctrine of equitable tolling regarding Appellant's tardy brief and heard the merits of the case with full consideration of extraordinary circumstances and evidence presenting in this case of on-going discrimination prohibited by Congressional Intent and established case law upheld by the United States Supreme Court and the federal circuits? Does Congress, the FHA, and well established precedent law held by the Supreme Court of the United States and federal circuit courts permit a plaintiff's case to be dismissed by a federal district court for failure to state a claim when the Complaint by a pro-se litigant and African American female is not thread bare and exceeds the minima requirements of Article III of the Constitution to retain jurisdiction of the Court? Is discrimination prohibited by the FHA, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and violation of Congressional Intent, and the Constitution of the United States of America established when the MDC, Appellate Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Barnstable Probate Court award attorneys' fees to Respondents? Whether violation of Congressional Intent and FHA Sections 42 U.S.C. § 3617 and 24 C.F.R. § 600.100 apply to this case in light of Respondents' acts and the processing of this case in the MDC, Probate and Appeals Court?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anita M. Barrow

For respondent
Marissa Irene Delinks
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18A882

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Nov 01 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 12 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  6. May 30 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Mutual Bank, Bruce Duphilly, individually and in his professional capacity at Mutual Bank to respond filed.
  7. May 24 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent George MacKoul to respond filed.
  8. May 24 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Grant Willis to respond filed.
  9. May 23 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Douglas Azarian and Kinlin Grover Real Estate to respond filed.
  10. May 16 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Herbert A. Barrow, Jr., et al. to respond filed.
  11. May 16 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Falmouth Realty Investments, LLC and David H. Benton to respond filed.
  12. May 06 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 7, 2019)
  13. Feb 28 2019
    Application (18A882) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until May 6, 2019.
  14. Feb 26 2019
    Application (18A882) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 7, 2019 to May 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.