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Paul Poupart v. Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-31017 · judgment May 14, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

QUESTIONS' PRESENTED FOR REVIEW A. Whether the standards in Heck v. Humphrey, should continue to apply to state convictions which are deemed unconstitu­ tional and whether the invalidation of a state statute gives a state prisoner a civil right to challenge the state punishment imposed from a federal court under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution? B. Whether the federal statute of Title 42 U«S.C« S, 1983« is constitutional towards state prisoners in a suit challenging the duration of confinement based on the Supremacy Clause and the federal objective to enforce the First Amendment by the Acts of Congress? C. Whether the decision of Seals v« McBee, 898 F.3d 587 (2018), is applicable to the State of Louisiana incorporating a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Poupart

For respondent
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 31 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Landry, Att'y Gen. of LA, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 17 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2020)