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Sandra Jean Oliver v. James C. Oliver, Jr., et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Mississippi, No. 2016-CP-01757-COA, 2016-CP-01759-COA · judgment April 16, 2019


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

“A judgment is not void simply because it is errone­ ous, but only where the court rendering it lacked juris­ diction over the subject matter or the parties, or if it acted in a manner inconsistent with due process of law. 11 Wright Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 2862 (1973)” United States v. 119.67 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Plaquemines Parish, 663 F.2d 1328, 1331 (5th Cir. 1981) Petitioners, Sandra J. Oliver, James Howard Oliver and the Estate of Zona Mae Oliver have been seeking justice for over seven years as they have been con­ stantly denied their due process rights to be heard be­ fore a fair tribunal and subjected to unfair bias and prejudice. The Mississippi Court of Appeals added in­ sult to injury as its Opinion provided all of the case law and argument for the Respondents, even after the Reply Brief clearly took note, requesting all cases be reversed. In honor of Sandra’s best friend, father and Peti­ tioner, James Howard Oliver, who was 93 years old, a WWII Veteran and who just died on Good Friday, April 10, 2020, Sandra promised to continue to fight for the land he was born on which has been in the Oliver family since 1885 and is wrongfully being allowed to be stolen by his brother and his family who have never been held accountable for wasting away the Estate of Zona Mae Oliver, Howard’s mother and Sandra’ grandmother. The questions for review are: I. Whether four orders issued by the chancery court, when the court did not have jurisdiction over the

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sandra Jean Oliver

For respondent
J. Lane Greenlee
Greenlee Law Firm, Inc.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 07 2020
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 10 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  3. Oct 30 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 19 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  6. Jul 13 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Michael D. Carney, et al. to respond filed.
  7. Jun 29 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)