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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: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
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)