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Jorel Shophar, et ux. v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-3281 · judgment December 2, 2020


Certiorari denied · April 19, 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 1974 Child Welfare Act of Child Protective Services violating U.S. Citizens Constitutional Rights of the Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, for Funding States that “illegally seize” children from parents based on allegations, or frivolous claims, or false reports by case workers, without evidence, and without trial before seizures?

  2. Does the Eleventh Amendment Immunity for judges in County Courts, exemplify judges from criminal charges of state abuse of children, and lawsuits in Federal Courts for these abuses and violations and deprivations of Constitutional Rights?

  3. Is it a violation of First Amendment Rights to prohibit Parents or siblings from litigating Pro Se for children in the Court of Law?

  4. 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 of children?

  5. Does an Opinion of a Federal Judge triumph over Constitutional Law?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jorel Shophar

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 31 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  3. Mar 24 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 12 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Kansas Department of Children and Families, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Mar 10 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents KVC Health, Saarah Admad, Kimberly Smith to respond filed.
  6. Feb 19 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2021)