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Ernest J. Walker, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 21-1442 · judgment December 13, 2022

Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned under a district court’s inherent authority for asserting standing on behalf of voters for damages against private persons engaged in state action pursuant to § 1983.
Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned for multiplying the proceeding in violation of § 1927 by naming certain out-of-state defendants when they were voluntarily dismissed without inconvenience to them in their individual capacity.
Whether Petitioners were denied due process by the Tenth Circuit’s affirmation of the district court’s refusal to set an evidentiary hearing before sanctioning them.
Whether a sanction requiring Petitioners to pay over $186,000 for the attorney fees of the requesting defendants was reasonable.

For petitioner
Ernest J. Walker
Ernest J. Walker Law Offices

For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 02 2023
Petition DENIED.
Jun 14 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Jun 08 2023
Waiver of right of respondents Governor Whitmer and Secretary Benson to respond filed.
Main Document
May 03 2023
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 7, 2023)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service