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Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al.

Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 18-P-1623 · judgment October 25, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 16, 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.

Questions presented

  1. When the Massachusetts Appeals Court acknowledged potentially in a skeptical manner that Myers’s story was a “Biblical level story” and the degree of evil was leaving a “humongous stain on the universe” was it rubberstamping a failing on the part of courts to ascertain the degree of destructiveness in Myers’s familial situation, and due to its gravity the mindset of the entire United States of America? Was indeed, a perfect storm of evil engendered, which is truly of one of a kind Biblical proportions, both in terms of the calamity of the occurrence, and the opportunity for an equal and - opposite reaction to occur?

  2. Like the Wright Brothers in their creation of a flying machine; is Myers bringing forth a vital understanding of the Tort for the Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, the horror of emotional/psychological abuse, and how such dynamics are profoundly at root in challenging modern day America?

  3. In that Myers’ advocacy and the legal history of this case has unfolded over a twenty-four-year period, does Myers point to potentially corrupt practices of our divorce system in particular, and the gulf between American ideals of “liberty and justice for all;” and the current state of our legal system in America? Is this all shown through Myers’ inspiring, if imperfect journey?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jon Myers

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Dec 11 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Nov 16 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Oct 28 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
  6. Jun 22 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2020)