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Gwendolyn D. Gabriel, et al. v. Merry Outlaw, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-10314 · judgment March 27, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
After a Defendant/Respondent committed Fraud and Obstruction of Justice by Perjury, the other Respondents/Association-In-Fact (comprised of both Defendant’s Attorneys, Plaintiffs’ Attorneys and a Judge) conspired to commit a pattern of additional, interrelated predicate acts, i.e., Obstruction of Justice, Attempted Bribery/Witness Tampering, and a Threat, to continue to cover up the Defendant’s predicate acts, from 2010 through 2021. The Respondents’ predicate acts and/or conduct committed were interrelated and formed a pattern of racketeering activity and were the proximate cause of Plaintiffs’/Petitioners’ injuries to property and income, which included their foreclosure, eviction of a Petitioner and her minor children and filing a 3rd lawsuit with more Fraud and Obstruction of Justice, and placed Lis Pendens on 3 additional Petitioners’ properties, including a Petitioners’ homestead - that are still present to date - in order to collect on this unlawfully-obtained debt. The questions presented and constitutional issues are as follows-
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Whether the RICO statute, 18 U.S.C. § Section 1962(c), provides Attorneys Qualified Immunity from RICO lawsuits when compelling evidence exists that they have committed predicate acts/crimes and/or furthered the common goal of the AssociationIn-Fact, which directly injured Petitioners’ property and income.
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Whether attempted acts of Bribery/Witness Tampering alone, because they were
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gwendolyn Gabriel
For respondent
Jason T. Contreras
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 02 2023Petition DENIED.
- Aug 09 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
- Jul 11 2023Waiver of right of respondent Judge Tonya Parker to respond filed.
- Jul 03 2023Waiver of right of respondent John M. Frick and Bridgett Zoltowski to respond filed.
- Jun 12 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 20, 2023)