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Arthur O. Armstrong v. Wilson County, North Carolina, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-362 · judgment January 21, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Did trial court deprive the petitioner of his constitutional rights when he denied petitioner total access to the court when he denied the petitioner to file any thing including, the Complaint, motion for summary judgment, pursuant to Rule 56 (a) and Rule 15(a), if necessary, to deprive the petitioner of liberty and property without due process of law when petitioner's civil case was dismissed in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

  2. Whether trial court acted with active connivance in the making of the frivolous complaint false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination clearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights protected by the Equal Protection Clause to deprive the petitioner of liberty and property without due process of law when respondent dismissed petitioner's civil case in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

  3. Whether respondent United States Court of Appeals acted with active connivance in the making of the certification false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination dearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights protected by the Equal Potection Clause to deprive the petitioner of property and liberty without due process of law when respondent denied petitioner's motion for relief, pursuant to Rule 27(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure to deny petitioner's lawsuit in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendnents to the Constitution of the United States.

  4. Whether respondent trial court failed to conform to the requirements of the Federal constitution and laws of the United States when respondent acted with reckless indifference and wanton disregards for the truth or falsity and the rights of petitioner and others when respondents denied petitioner's motion for relief, pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to deny the petitioner's civil rights lawsuit without due process of law in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

  5. Whether trial court barred the petitioner total access to the federal court to deny petitioner's meritorious and viable case to deny petitioner's civil rights lawsuit or any right and privilege as a citizen of the United States.

  6. Whether respondents trial court and respondent Court of appeals' conduct satified due

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Arthur O. Armstrong

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 03 2020
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 27 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jun 22 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
  6. Mar 05 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2020)