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