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John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-1732 · judgment May 29, 2018


Certiorari denied · February 25, 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

Whether this Court should call for an exercise of this Court’s supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit’s reasoning in John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, et al., (Case No. 17-1732), which holds that the removal of an attorney’s name from the roll of attorneys who practice in the Seventh Circuit for allegedly filing in a pro se manner, for allegedly failing to comply with court rules, or for allegedly refusing to heed straightforward directions from a district judge – is presumptively reasonable – even when there is nothing in the record of the Seventh Circuit which supports any of the asserted allegations? Whether this Court should call for an exercise of this Court’s supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit’s reasoning in John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, et al., (Case No. 17-1732), which holds that the removal of an attorney’s name from the roll of attorneys who practice in the Seventh Circuit for allegedly having a conflict of interest with Petitioner’s client, for allegedly violating Rules of Ethics with Petitioner’s client, or for allegedly filing frivolous pleadings – is presumptively reasonable – even when there is nothing in the record of the Seventh Circuit which supports any of the asserted allegations? Whether this Court should call for an exercise of this Court’s supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit’s reasoning in John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, et al., (Case No. 17-1732), which holds that the removal of an attorney’s name from the roll of attorneys who practice in the Seventh Circuit – is

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Horace Davis
Attorney John H. Davis

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
  3. Feb 05 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Howard Shaw and Connie Shaw to respond filed.
  4. Feb 01 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, USCA7, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Jan 30 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Scott M. Sarrels, M.D. to respond filed.
  6. Jan 15 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Albert Sprinkle, M.D. to respond filed.
  7. Sep 18 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 1, 2019)