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John Doe v. Bill Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-1364 · judgment July 28, 2023


Certiorari denied · March 18, 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.

Question presented

Does Rooker-Feldman bar jurisdiction when declaring a statute unconstitutional would undermine a state court’s reliance upon the statute? Does Rooker-Feldman preclude the federal court from deciding the constitutionality of a legislative act that the state court ratified, acquiesced in, and/or left unpunished? Is the redressability element of standing satisfied when a favorable decision would mandate equal treatment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Doe

For respondent
Michael Ray Williams
Office of the West Virginia Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A244

Proceedings

  1. Mar 18 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
  3. Feb 23 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Crouch, Sec., WV DHHR, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)
  5. Sep 14 2023
    Application (23A244) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
  6. Sep 06 2023
    Application (23A244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.