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E. Thomas Scarborough, III v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Northampton County, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 23-2414 · judgment January 18, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Petitioner presents the following questions to this Court and asserts all below should be answered in the affirmative:

  1. Whether the Court below misconstrues Peti­ tioner’s principal cause of action?

  2. Whether this Rule 60(d)(3) motion raises preserved federal claims of first instance?

  3. Whether District Court has jurisdiction over Petitioner’s constitutional challenges to state action?

  4. Whether judicial notice must be granted, for the Court’s requirement to hear Petitioner’s claims?

  5. Whether Petitioner is prejudiced, by the refusal to review his motion for narrowly tailored expedited discovery of the fraudulently concealed facts?

  6. Whether Petitioner’s prima facie evidence has established an obligatory rebuttable presumption?

  7. Whether the unconstitutional Order is facially void and should be immediately quashed by default?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
E. Thomas Scarborough III

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 09 2024
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 13 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
  3. Oct 29 2024
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 26 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  6. May 07 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2024)