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Victor Bernard Williams v. Baptist Health, dba Baptist Health Medical Center, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-2423 · judgment May 29, 2019


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the April 3, 2014 revocation of Plaintiff’s Arkansas medical license by the Arkansas State Board of Medical Examiners (“Medical Board”) gave rise to a “new” separate and independent federal cause of action not barred by res judicata due to a civil action filed in Arkansas state court on February 25, 2014.

  2. Whether the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity instead of absolute with respect to Plaintiff’s federal claims arising from the improper revocation of his Arkansas medical license and the subsequent adverse negative reports related thereto.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eric Emanuel Wyatt
Eric E. Wyatt & Associates, LLC

For respondent
Jason James Campbell
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, L.L.P.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
  3. Nov 20 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents John E. Hearnsberger, II, M.D., and Joe Beck, M.D. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 04 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Baptist Health, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Oct 15 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2019)