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William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-13553 · judgment August 12, 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.

Questions presented

Rule 14.1(a)

  1. Whether district court orders dedicate any section of the opinion(s) to deny petitioner’s Civil RICO 18 U.S.C. 1961-1964, in the verified complaint, Jury Demanded, U.S. Const., Seventh Amend., right to a trial by jury; and the RICO complaint to proceed to trial court; Whether predicate acts of Civil RICO allowed for use in respondents counterclaims copyright infringement have be denied and collaterally estopped, since it received a final decision in a prior action.

  2. Whether when “Fraud Upon the Court” exists on a Civil RICO complaint pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1961-1964, by the Officers of both the appellate and district court, the Judge, the clerks and the licensed attorney, would all orders be vitiated in favor of the injured party ; violations obstruction of justice and document tampering; U.S. Const., First Amendment.

  3. Whether the district court judge issued orders repeatedly in this case using a Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), intentionally, violating the petitioners U.S. Const. Fifth and Fourteenth amend., for due process, when the judge violated the Final Judgment Act Rule that limits him to a final judgment; after a first use, of the Final Judgment Act & Interlocutory Appeal 28 U.S.C. 1291-1292(b) to destroy the merits of Civil RICO 18 U.S.C. to create a manifest of injustice that would be so difficult to unravel, the review courts would not be able to determine the true merits of this case.

  4. Whether the appellate and district court violate petitioners U.S. Constitution First, Fifth

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William James

For respondent
Tom J. Ferber
Pryor Cashman LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 18 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
  3. Oct 10 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Barbara Hunt; Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN); Harpo, Inc.; Oprah Winfrey; The Tyler Perry Company, Inc.; Tyler Perry Studios, LLC; Tyler Perry; and Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 02 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., to respond filed.
  5. Sep 23 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2019)