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Michelle Dawn Murphy v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 18-5097 · judgment December 16, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
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

Is the Tenth Circuit's affirmance of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee City of Tulsa, which was based on an issue not presented on appeal, and wrong factually about the issue it reached out to create, an abuse of discretion because it violates the party presentation jurisprudence articulated in United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 140 S. Ct. 1575 (2020), and its precursor cases?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jason Lee Glass
Baum Glass Jayne Carwile & Peters

For respondent
Gerald Matthew Bender
City of Tulsa Legal Department

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jul 24 2020
    Reply of petitioner Michelle Dawn Murphy filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jul 13 2020
    Brief of respondent City of Tulsa in opposition filed.
  5. Jun 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)