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Steven E. Davis, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-2701, 18-2702, 18-2703, 18-2704, 18-2705, 18-2706, 18-2707, 18-2708, 18-2709, 18-2710, 18-2711, 18-2712, 18-2713, 18-2714, 18-2715, 18-2716, 18-2717, 18-2718, 18-2719 · judgment March 5, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 18, 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

The Pro Se Petitioners were unequivocally deprived of all their "Constitutional Rights". Seven Petitioners were wrongfully denied the right to file forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.Congress enacted 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) to Enable Plaintiffs who could not afford the costs of litigation to bring civil lawsuits. The questioned asked? Do pro se litigants have any “CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Steven E. Davis

For respondent
Andrew C. Glass
K&L Gates LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2020
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 18 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
  3. Dec 09 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Nov 18 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Oct 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
  6. Oct 15 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. to respond filed.
  7. Jun 10 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)