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Herbert O. Chadbourne, Jr. v. Cumberland County District Court
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 22-1566 · judgment May 17, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Since Maine’s Attorney General: Aaron Frey, “de clined to participate” for the entire 293-day duration of this case while it was before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit thereby not opposing the Petitioner while leaving the respondents without anv legal representation. [Perhaps AG Frey declined to participate because the interests of justice required it, pursuant to ABA Model Rule 1.19(a)(1) re duty to with draw from representing a dishonest client and Rule 3.4 regarding “Candor Toward the Tribunal” did the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit err when its clerk refused to implement the Petitioner’s Request for En try of a Default and/or for default judgment after more than nine months had passed without any opposition whatsoever to the Petitioner from Maine’s Attorney General? [Were the clerk’s refusal and omission to en ter a default contrary to the Federal mandate in Rule 55 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?]
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In view of the Respondent’s failure to participate, did the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit im permissibly render the Petitioner a partial judgment {“mandate”) on 8-14-2023 which in no way whatsoever addressed the legal responsibility of the second re spondent: CARLA J SMITH, [formerly inmate 317481 in the Florida prison system?] whose 10-12 in-court perjuries to the Cumberland County District Court in Portland, Maine on 7-22-2021 wrongfully and illogically acquired her a Protection From Harassment
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Herbert O. Chadbourne Jr.
For respondent
Thomas A Knowlton
Office of the Attorney General of Maine
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 26 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
- Jan 23 2024Waiver of right of respondent District Court of ME, et al. to respond filed.
- Jan 22 2024Waiver of District Court of ME, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (January 23, 2024)
- Nov 13 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2024)