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Serge Antonin v. Baltimore Police Department

Paid petition · Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, No. 443, September Term, 2017 · judgment June 1, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 19, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, 347 U.S. 260 (1954) is constitutional law binding upon the State of Maryland? Where a state agency does not follow its own regulation, what quantity and quality of evidence is sufficient to prove prejudice under United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, 347 U.S. 260 (1954) to warrant vacating the administrative action?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Clarke Francis Ahlers
Clarke F. Ahlers, PC

For respondent
Suzanne Sangree
City of Baltimore, Department of Law

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 23 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Jan 11 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Baltimore Police Department to respond filed.
  4. Dec 27 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)