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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner, though a petition filed soon after the judgment below counted the other way.
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Arthur O. Armstrong
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 22, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 22 2022Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Jan 26 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Dec 13 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2022)