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Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-1199 · judgment March 30, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 29, 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.

Question presented

Whether School District of Philadelphia discharged the petitioner from his teaching position without due process of law when respondent denied the petitioner a hearing in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Whether respondent School District of Philadelphia acted with active connivance in the making of the state law violation false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination dearly sufficient to constitute denial of riights protected by the Equal Protection Clause to deprive the petitioner of his teaching position without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit acted with active connivance in the making of the unauthorized appeal false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination clearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights proteced by the Equal Protection Clause to dismiss petitioner's motion for relief, pursuant to Rule 27(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abridge petitioner's fundamantai rights to access the court when respondent restricted petitioner to one (1) filing per year for relief in violation of the federal constitution and laws of the United States from a constitutional violation without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Whether respondent United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied the petitioner total access in the court in direct explicit to the Constitution of the United States. Whether respondent United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit's surcharge of $100.00 satisfy due process of law. Whether respondent United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit acted with reckless indifference and wanton disregards for the truth of falsity and the rights of petitioner and other when respondent acted with active connivance in the making of the required district court certification false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrrimination clearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights protected by the Equal Protection Clause to dismiss/deny petitioner's civil rights lawsuit without due process oflaw in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Arthur O. Armstrong

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Sep 11 2020
    Rehearing DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Aug 20 2020
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jul 14 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jun 29 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  5. Jun 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
  6. Apr 15 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2020)