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L. Lee Whitnum v. Connecticut Office of the Chief State's Attorney, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-947 · judgment February 19, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 6, 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.

Question presented

TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES iii A. SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION and JUDGE'S NAMES 3 B STATEMENT OF THE CASE 3 C. SUMMARY 3 D. RELIEF REQUESTED 5 E. ARGUMENT 5 I. THE 12 CAUSES OF ACTION NEED DISCOVERY AND NORMAL DUE PROCESS 6 II. THE 11TH AMENDMENT DOES NOT BAR A DAMAGES ACTION AGAINST STATE PLAYERS............................................................................. 7 III. ORAL ARGUMENT WAS DENIED 7 IV. JOHN WHALEN DID THE BIDDING OF HIS “BUDDY’ JANE EMONS AND KEVIN KANE ALLOWED IT - THE HISTORY, THE CRONYISM............ 8 V. PROSECUTOR JOHN WHALEN REOPENED THE RING-AND-RUN DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT WAS ‘ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED’............ 10 VI. JOHN WHALEN REFUSED TO ADJUDICATE FOR YEARS FORCING THIS LITIGANT TO APPEAR MORE THAN 35 TIMES IN NORWALK CRIMINAL COURT. 11 VII. MAGISTRATE MERRIAM PASSING JUDGMENT ON WHALEN’S INNOCENSE IN HER ORDER WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND PROOF OF BIAS. 12 VIII. MAGISTRATE MERRIAM RESORTS TO LYING. ACCUSES THIS LITIGANT OF NOT SEEKING SPEEDY TRIAL.......................................... 13 IX. MAGISTRATE MERRIAM ABUSED ‘FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM’ AS IT IS SUBJECTIVE. LIE #3 13 X. MAGISTRATE SARAH MERRIAM DEFENDED JOHN WHALEN IN HER RECOMMENDED RULING WITH A LIE. 14

Counsel of record

For petitioner
L. Whitnum

For respondent
Philip Miller
State of Connecticut, Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 06 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 09 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  3. Oct 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Office of the Chief States Attorney, Kevin Kane and John Whalen to respond filed.
  4. Jul 19 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2021)