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Sheila Mikel v. Jennifer Nichols, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 22-5329 · judgment January 19, 2023
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether a pre-adoptive foster mother has a constitutionally protected liberty interest right to procedural due process in the removal of her foster girls, where the parental rights of the biological parents have been terminated, where the foster mother has been the resident parent for eighteen months, where the adoption papers were submitted for approval and where the foster mother has been afforded no proper notice of removal and no hearing in connection with the removal.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Neil Thomas III
Thomas & Thomas
For respondent
Jeffrey M. Beemer
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 26, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 26 2023Petition DENIED.
- Jun 06 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
- May 22 2023Waiver of right of respondent Omni Vision, Inc. to respond filed.
- May 03 2023Waiver of right of respondents Jennifer Nichols; Tennessee Department of Children's Services to respond filed.
- Apr 17 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2023)