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Deborah Walton v. First Merchant's Bank

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-3370, 20-1206 · judgment July 7, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Appellants 14th Amendment rights, were violated when she was not afforded the right to respond to the Appellee’s motion for Attorney fees. Whether the Appellants 14th Amendment rights, were violated after she filed a timely Appeal with the 7th Circuit. Subsequently when an order was entered challenging jurisdiction, than the Appellee, filed a motion with the District Court under Fed. T.R. 58 to delay the Appeal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Deborah Walton

For respondent
Karl Losse Mulvaney
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 07 2020
    Rehearing DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Nov 10 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  3. Nov 02 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  6. Sep 22 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent First Merchant's Bank to respond filed.
  7. Sep 02 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)