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Christopher Hoskins v. Perry Fuchs

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, No. 02-15-00369-CV · judgment December 22, 2016


Certiorari denied · November 13, 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

Whether the confidential complaint filed by Petitioner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Equal Opportunity Services (EOS) office is absolutely privileged and immune from civil action? Whether the Majority prohibited Petitioner's constitutional right to petition by misapplying the TCPA's two-step process resulting in an Opinion that is the antithesis of the Texas legislature's express stated purpose for enacting it? Whether the Majority erred in holding Petitioner negligent in filing the confidential UTA EOS complaint?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher Hoskins

For respondent
Frank Gilstrap
Hill Gilstrap, PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A1252

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
  3. Oct 11 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Perry Fuchs to respond filed.
  4. Jul 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)
  5. May 10 2018
    Application (17A1252) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 16, 2018.
  6. May 07 2018
    Application (17A1252) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 17, 2018 to July 16, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.