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Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-12732 · judgment January 21, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 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. Whether a Rule 60(d) Independent Action to Attack a Final Judgment is a continuation or re-litigation of the prior case, barred by the doctrine of res judicata.

  2. Whether a blameless party must show that she has been denied a full and fair opportunity to present her case by “clear and convincing evidence,” as the Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits; or show “substantial interference” in the presentation of her Case, as the Ninth and Tenth Circuits have held; or does the burden on this issue shift under certain circumstances to the party opposing a Rule 60(b)(3)/60(d)(3) motion; or must the movant show “only that species of fraud which does or attempts to, defile the court itself, or is a fraud perpetrated by officers of the court so that the judicial machinery cannot perform in the usual manner its impartial task of adjudging cases that are presented for adjudication.” Travelers Indent. Co. v. Gore, 761 F.2d 1549, 1551 (11th Cir. 1985).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Angela W. DeBose

For respondent
Richard C. McCrea Jr.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 23 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 15 2021
    Reply of petitioner Angela W. DeBose filed.
  4. Jun 03 2021
    Brief of respondent University of South Florida Board of Trustees in opposition filed.
  5. Apr 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2021)