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Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 21-192 · judgment November 17, 2021

Certiorari denied · February 22, 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.

Question presented

Whether respondents, Quentin T. Sumner, Calvin Woodard, Keith Stone and magistrate Kenneth Barnes, acted in a conspiracy when appellee Calvin Woodard trespassed on private property of petitioner, made an entry, without a warrant onto personal premise of petitioner, searched and seized his property and invaded his privacy in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Then acted with active connivance in the making of the failed to appear false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination dearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights protected by the Equal Protection Clause to deprive the petitioner of liberty or property; handcuffed the appellant; placed appellant in the cruiser and hauled him down to the magisrate's office and placed him under a $13,000.00 cash bond withiut due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

For petitioner
Arthur O. Armstrong

For respondent
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Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Feb 22 2022
Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Jan 26 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
Dec 13 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2022)
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