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Paula Steven v. Federal Way School District

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 82042-7-I · judgment November 1, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 3, 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

The questions presented are below: I. Whether a Black mother and her Black child/student who walks through the main entrance of the public school doors every morning as does the non-Black mother’s. Does the Black mother lack the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment and/or any other Amendments that may apply. 2. Whether, assuming that freedom from segregation and discrimination in our schools is protected by the Equal Protection Clause the public schools are nonetheless compelled to prohibit it.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paula Steven

For respondent
Haley Elizabeth Moore
Patterson Buchanan Fobes & Leitch, Inc., P.S.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 05 2022
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
  3. Oct 28 2022
  4. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Sep 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  6. Aug 31 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Federal Way School District to respond filed.
  7. Jul 29 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2022)
  8. Jul 29 2022
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Paula Steven