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Darrell Saunders, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 181509 · judgment April 18, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 27, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

When an individual follows the rules of the Court in mailing an Appeal, but due to the policies of the 3rd party Commercial Mail Carrier, the delivery date is listed as 2nd day delivery in lieu of next day delivery due to the delivery truck having left for the day, is the individual denied their due process of law per Article XIV of the Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Darrell Saunders

For respondent
Andrew Brian Pittman
Troutman Sanders LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
19A187

Order
Order list, January 27, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 27 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
  3. Dec 20 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to respond filed.
  4. Sep 13 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2019)
  5. Aug 20 2019
    Application (19A187) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 13, 2019.
  6. Jul 17 2019
    Application (19A187) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2019 to September 13, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.