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Vernon Lee Havens, II v. Maureen O'Connor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-3475 · judgment March 20, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 5, 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. Do Mireles v. Waco, Brookings v. Clunk, and associated case law combine to grant absolute judicial immunity to all other regulation, Section 1983 suits, the authority of superior Courts, and federal law based on jurisdiction alone as implied by the Sixth Circuit’s decision?

  2. By extension, do absolute judicial immunity, Rooker-Feldman Doctrine (relied upon in the District Court’s decision), and 28 U.S.C. Section 1257 unconstitutionally combine to abridge the right to Due Process and Equal Treatment by effectively barring access to higher Courts for remedy to State Courts’ of last resort, or to intermediate courts’, violations of constitutional guarantees?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vernon Lee Havens II

For respondent
Benjamin D Beathard
Isaac Wiles Burkholder & Teetor, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jul 07 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent The Honorable Judge Steven Beathard to respond filed.
  4. May 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)