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Jamie Swartz, et ux. v. Heartland Equine Rescue, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-3260 · judgment October 11, 2019

Certiorari denied · March 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

ON REVIEW Did the 7th Circuit err by finding the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied when the complained of and appealed violation was a seizure of livestock on false and misleading information and the Appellants have had no opportunity for a meaningful pre-seizure or post-seizure hearing?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale William Arnett
Dale Arnett Attorney at Law

For respondent
Aaron Thomas Craft
Office of the Indiana Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
  3. Feb 18 2020
    Waiver of Randy Lee and Meghan Combs of right to respond not accepted for filing. (February 18, 2020)
  4. Feb 18 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Randy Lee and Meghan Combs to respond filed.
  5. Feb 13 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Jodi Lovejoy to respond filed.
  6. Feb 10 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Marnie Bennett to respond filed.
  7. Feb 07 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Heartland Equine Rescue, Inc.; Debbie Moore; Jo Claire Corcoran and Kelly Jo Fithian-Wicker to respond filed.
  8. Jan 09 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)