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Dean Koch v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3334 · judgment June 2, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
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. Does the Decision of the Sixth Circuit herein violate the canons of statutory construction especially those enunciated in Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17—

  2. Argued October 8, 2019—Decided June 15, 2020, U.S.

  3. Does the Eleventh Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibit suits against state entities and individuals or does it merely limit the remedies for such actions?

  4. Is qualified immunity constitutional?

  5. Does the judicially-created doctrine of qualified immunity run contrary to statute and the intent of the legislature under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (The Ku Klux Klan Act), 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the XII, XIV and XV Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dean A. Koch

For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Sep 03 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent OH Dept. of Natural Resources, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 27 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2021)