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Carol M. Kam v. Dallas County, Texas, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-10735 · judgment March 7, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
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

Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two Void [not voidable but, void] “proposed” State Court Rulings produced by a former Associate Judge, em­ ployed solely by Dallas County, who failed to acquire authority from the Judge of Record for the Dallas County Probate Court or the State Probate Court Judge, as required by State Law, to enter a Dallas County Probate Court and who failed to obtain a signoff of his rulings from the Judge of Record within 30 days of their creation, as required by State Law? For the record, the Dallas County employed Asso­ ciate Judge has been removed as a Jurist by the State of Texas as the State has deemed him to be unfit.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Carol M. Kam

For respondent
John J. Butrus
Dallas County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Oct 29 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 07 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  6. Jul 23 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Texas to respond filed.
  7. Jul 11 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Dallas County to respond filed.
  8. Jun 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)