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Houston Byrd, Jr. v. Christopher Cook, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-3623 · judgment November 8, 2021


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. Did the Circuit court violate one’s civil and con­ stitutional rights with respect to Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, . . . Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause; Fifth Amend­ ment, “due process of law”; Absence of Jurisdiction and Lack of Duty to Act Fairly for a fair hearing and no bias?

  2. Was, the courts’ actions prejudicial and did the courts Conspire, Ignore and Violate a.) Article III of the Constitution to administer justice fairly and impartially; b.) Court’s Oath of Office, 28 U.S. Code § 453 — Oaths of justices and judges; c.) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1 administer justice fairly and impartially; d.) disavowed the precedents of 28 U.S. Code § 1332, 28 U.S. Code § 1369 and 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(2); e.) 29 U.S. Code § 1109. Liability for breach of fiduciary duty and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and f.) Federal en banc provisions? All Plain-Prejudicial Errors.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Houston Byrd Jr.

For respondent
Jeffrey Thomas Cox
Faruki PLL

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jul 20 2022
    Reply of petitioner Houston Byrd, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jul 01 2022
    Brief of respondent Brad D. Farnsworth in opposition filed.
  5. Jun 06 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Christopher Cook to respond filed.
  6. Feb 01 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2022)