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Timothy Burns v. Alabama

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-10425 · judgment January 11, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 24, 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

Are Plaintiff and minor child A.B. citizens of the United States? Are minor child A.B. and Plaintiff guaranteed protection under the United States Constitution? Are all judges bound by the United States Constitution? Why did acting Judge Robert L. Minor make his own rules? Why did Ashville Circuit Court deny minor child A. B. and Plaintiff due process of law? Why did acting Judge Robert L. Minor not have a court reporter or a transcript regarding his hearing? There is no record. Why?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Burns

For respondent
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Office of the Attorney General

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, June 24, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 24 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 04 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
  3. May 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Alabama to respond filed.
  4. Jan 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2019)