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Leon Cody, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Trinity County, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-16233 · judgment July 29, 2021


Certiorari denied · March 21, 2022
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 State has an Eleventh Amendment right to arbitrarily enforce or not enforce a State Law having significant interest to federal Fourteenth Amendment Rights to a fair trial.

  2. Whether the Eleventh Amendment bars a fed­ eral district court from enforcing Sec. 1983 prospective injunctive relief requiring that a state court clerk com­ ply with a State law enacted to ensure a federal Con­ stitutional Right. t r * f

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leon Cody

For respondent
Derick E. Konz
Angelo Kilday & Kilduff

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 21 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
  3. Jan 25 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Superior Court of CA, County of Trinity to respond filed.
  4. Jan 11 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2022)