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In Re Wanda Bowling

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · April 18, 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

Petitioner appealed to the Fifth Circuit Appellate Court of Appeals over abuse of discretion of three(3) distinct issues tightly relating to each other. The Fifth Circuit issued an opinion which omitted addressing the first and third issues. Petitioner motioned for the court to address those issues because if there were findings of abuse of discretion, the second issue automatically would be an abuse of discretion, contradictory to their opinion. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the second request to adjudicate the issues on October 12th,

  1. This Petition originally arrived at the Supreme Court on January 11th, 2021. The clerk sent it back to petitioner twice. This petition is asking the Supreme Court to mandate the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to execute their duties and adjudicate the appealed issues.

  2. Is the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s deliberate refusal to adjudicate appealed issues, willfully denying a second request, a failure to execute its duties or abuse of discretion?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Wanda Bowling

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 18 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  3. Jan 06 2022
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due March 14, 2022)