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Bonnie Carter v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-13128 · judgment July 26, 2022


Certiorari denied · March 27, 2023
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

Whether the Younger abstention doctrine requires dismissal of constitutional and federal claims arising from false reports and other lies told by state agents in a state guardianship proceeding where a party has been effectively any recourse to redress numerous wrongs committed by the state. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bonnie Carter

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 27 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 08 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
  3. Oct 24 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2023)