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Gerald E. Vallejos v. Lovelace Medical Center, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 17-2090 · judgment August 24, 2017


Certiorari denied · October 1, 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

42 U.S.C. § 1983, allows a person whose constitutional rights have been deprived to bring an action to redress the constitutional deprivation. Article two of the U.S. Constitution establishes the executive branch of the Federal government which carries out and enforces Federal Laws. The executive branch includes the President, the Vice-President, the Cabinet, executive departments, independent agencies and other boards, commissions and committees. Does 42, U.S.C. § 1983, provide statutory standing for a District State Judge of NM, a US District Court Justice (DNM), and Three Justices of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Co., to assert a claim that they are "above the Law", by not conducting

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gerald E. Vallejos

For respondent
Amelia M. Willis
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 15 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 23 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Lovelace Medical Center to respond filed.
  4. Nov 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)