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Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 21-8022 · judgment May 5, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner, though a petition filed soon after the judgment below counted the other way.

Questions presented

  1. Whether School District of Philadelphia, on August 25.1992. discharged the petitioner from his teaching position, without due process of law, without a hearing, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article B-VIII, Grievance Procedure of the collective bargaining agreement between the School District of Philadelphia and Federation of Teachers when respondent acted with active connivance in the making of the state law violation false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination to deprive appellant of property without due process of law.

  2. Whether respondent School District of Philadelphia, on November 18.199* denied the petitioner reinstatement to his teaching position without due process of law, without a hearing, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article B-VIII. Grievance Procedure of the collective bargaining agreement between the School District of Philadel phia and the Federation of Teachers by arbitrary means when respondent denied the petitioner to speak at the hearing, or be heard when respondent acted with active connivance in the making of "Petitioner was afforded Article B-VIII, Grievance Procedure false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination clearly sufficient to deprive petitioner of his job without due process of law. -RiEiRUDMAY 2 0 2021 muraaMt PROCEEDING and RELATED CASES All parties appear in the caption of the case are on the cover page

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Arthur O. Armstrong

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Jul 14 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. May 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 28, 2021)