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Jorel Shophar v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kansas, No. 20-123,314 · judgment November 20, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
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

  1. Is the enjoyment of the Eleventh Amendment Immunity for County judge’s contradictory to Fourteenth Amendment for U.S. Citizens, when County Judges intentionally deprived a citizen of the Fourteen Amendment right? i

  2. Are Mothers’ Constitutional parental rights treated superior over Fathers’ Constitutional parental rights, violating the Fourteenth Amendment?

  3. Is it Unconstitutional to prohibit a Father from litigating Pro Se for his children in the Court of Law?

  4. Are State Child Protective Services Laws, violating U.S. Citizens Constitutional Rights of the Fourth Amendment, for seizing children from parents based on allegations, without probable cause, and without trial?

  5. Should the Federal Courts be a remedy to illegal Seizures of children when a State violates State and Federal Laws pertaining to the Fourth Amendment, concerning Seizures?

  6. Should the law of UCCJEA (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act) be placed under Federal Jurisdiction due to States corruption?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jorel Shophar

For respondent
Brant M. Laue
Solicitor General of Kansas

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  3. Mar 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent KVC Health to respond filed.
  4. Feb 26 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Judge Christina, Judge Kathleen Sloan, Kansas Deptartment of Children and Families to respond filed.
  5. Jan 29 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)