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Samuel T. Russell v. Texas

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-11191 · judgment April 8, 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.

Question presented

This petition presents the following questionWhen the lower Courts overlooked the Framers’ written intent of the 11th Amendment (which plainly reads that States cannot be sued by “ (1) Citizens of another State, or by (2) Citizens or (3) Subjects of any Foreign State”, by applying this oversight to Rules of law that discredit Bill of Rights 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10, as well as reject the case histories of Apodaca v. Oregon, 406 US. 404 (1972), Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 US. (2020), Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), and Taylor v. Illinois, 484 U.S. 400; under what Congressional authorization are the lower Courts consenting to a fourth (4th) variable, that a citizen suing his own State is barred by State sovereign immunity, when merits of Federal Rules of Law violations are alleged; which thereby removes the purpose of the Founding Fathers’ and their Oath to Justice’ intent, as GOD Himself (Deuteronomy V 16-17 - KJV) nor the 11th Amendment authorized non-Congressional members to add a fourth (4th) variable?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Samuel T. Russell

For respondent
Yvonne D. Bennett
The Office of the Attorney General of Texas

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 06 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
  4. Jun 17 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)