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Donald Sullivan v. Robert Wayne Pugh, et ux.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of North Carolina, No. COA17-450 · judgment April 3, 2018


Certiorari denied · April 1, 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

Question: Whether or not the presiding judge in the lower court, the judges of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina and the justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court, acted in violation of their oaths of office by denying Petitioner's demanded constitutional trial by jury over his objections, committing reversible error in their orders allowing and affirming Respondent's motion for summary judgment and motion to dismiss appeal, while denying Petitioner's Notice of Appeal of Right to the North Carolina Supreme Court from said orders. Table of Contents Questions Presented For Review ..............ii Table of Authorities ...............................iii Opinions Below .....................................1 Jurisdiction ...........................................1 Constitutional/Statutory Provisions .........1 Statement of Facts ...................................3 Reasons for Granting the Petition ............8 Argument...............................................9 Conclusion .............................................24 Appendix .............................................27

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Donald Sullivan

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. May 28 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. May 07 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
  3. Apr 25 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  6. Nov 08 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)