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Victor J. Edney v. Eondra Lamone Hines, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-50327 · judgment October 23, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 28, 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. Why should the petitioners’ motion of frivolous claims be granted by this court?

  2. Why did the petitioner not negate the respondents qualified immunity question in the United States Court of Appeals reply brief?

  3. Why should the petitioner be granted • the wavier of governmental immunity) permission to sue?

  4. Why should sovereign immunity not stay intact or why should the respondents not get qualified immunity?

  5. Why the petitioners’ motion of default judgment should be granted?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Victor J. Edney Jr.

For respondent
Roy L. Barrett
Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Sep 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 23 2021
  4. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  6. May 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Respondent Officer Jordan Wenkman, Respondent Office Bobby King, Respondent Sergeant David Conley, Respondent Sergeant Keith Vaughan to respond filed.
  7. Feb 23 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2021)