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Edward Ronny Arnold v. Bob Oglesby, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of General Services

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-5667 · judgment February 15, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 3, 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. The Eleventh Amendment requires the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, to be acting on the authority of the State to use the defense of sovereign immunity.

  2. Whether the district court erred in misunderstanding the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, cannot use the defense of sovereign immunity until the courts have determined the Defendant was acting on the authority of the state.

  3. Whether the district court erred in misunderstanding the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, was not acting on the authority of the State in withholding earned wages.

  4. Whether the district court erred in misunderstanding the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, violated Public Law 100-379 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) in circumventing the last work day of November 25, 2015,

  5. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly dismissed the civil action in conflict with the Defendant, as Commissioner of the State of Tennessee Department of General Services,

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Edward Ronny Arnold

For respondent
Carolyn Underwood Smith
Atty. General & Reporter's Off

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 15 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jun 07 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Bob Oglesby, Commissioner, TN Dept. of General Svcs. to respond filed.
  4. May 11 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2022)