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Charles G. Kinney v. Roger W. Boren, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-17255 · judgment December 28, 2017


Certiorari denied · January 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

By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did this 3 Judge Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion to cover-up acts by Justice Roger W. Boren and Commission on Judicial Performance ("CJP") employee David Lane who violated Janus and NIFLA by using "vexatious litigant" and "puppet" labels, 100% directly-inconsistent rulings, and sanctions to punish an attorney (and now a pro se litigant) because they didn't like his "professional speech", so they compelled silence upon Kinney? Kinney's speech was "professional speech" (for his clients or himself) as to judges and justices who do not adjudicate disputes but instead act as prosecutors of him under color of authority; and as to ongoing violations of law (e.g. violations of bankruptcy law in favor of Chapter 7 debtor Michele Clark who listed Kinney as a creditor; the court's failure to provide "honest services"; and Hobbs Act violations)? Did the Ninth Circuit abuse its discretion when acting as prosecutors under color of authority? Did this appeal (2 of 8) have "merit" because it challenged the excessive security demanded for a state court appeal by state court Justice Roger Boren and ignored by CJP employee David Lane? Did this 3 Judge Ninth Circuit panel abuse its discretion by ignoring the ongoing 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 violations as to Kinney's federal civil rights?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles G. Kinney

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Jul 18 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)