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Aura Moody v. National Football League

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 16-4315 · judgment February 15, 2018


Certiorari denied · December 3, 2018
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 below are essential and deserve the United States Supreme Court's attention now. It gives this Court an opportunity to decide important questions of federal law regarding statutory standing doctrine in the context of a claim that is based on constitutional rights violations. The questions for this Court are: WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURTS DISMISSAL OF THE COMPLAINT AND THE CIRCUIT COURT'S AFFIRMATION OF SAME DEMONSTRATED THE FAILURE OF THE COURTS TO PROPERLY FOLLOW THE SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL MANDATE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT, THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT, THE DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSES OF THE XIV AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES, DESPITE THE PRESENCE IN THE RECORD OFA MULTITUDE OF VIOLATIONS OF THE SUBJECT STATUTES BY RESPONDENT IN THIS MATTER? WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO REMOVE PETITIONER'S NAME FROM THE CAPTION OF THE CASE AND AS A PARTY IN INTEREST WAS WARRANTED, IN ADDITION TO PREJUDICING PETITIONER'S RIGHTS IN THIS MATTER, DESPITE THE PRESENCE IN THE RECORD OF DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION VIOLATIONS BY RESPONDENT? WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT FOLLOWED THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AND COURT'S LOCAL RULES TO REMOVE

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aura Moody

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
17A1277

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jan 09 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Dec 28 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Dec 03 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Nov 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
  6. Sep 24 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)
  7. May 18 2018
    Application (17A1277) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until September 24, 2018.
  8. May 09 2018
    Application (17A1277) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 24, 2018 to September 22, 2018, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.