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Wayne A. Jones, Ed.D. v. Virginia State University, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-1522 · judgment February 4, 2021
Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)
Before the decision, about 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Fourth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
- Whether a non-tenured, but tenure-eligible, professor at a public university has a minimal property interest in a fair tenure review process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as has been recognized by the Sixth Circuit in Purisch v. Tennessee Tech. Univ., 76 F.3d 1414, 1423 (6 th Cir. 1996).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Franklin Hawkins III
The Hawkins Law Firm, PC
For respondent
Michelle Shane Kallen
Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 28 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 26 2021Waiver of right of respondent Virginia State University, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 06 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)