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Owolabi M. Salis v. Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New York, No. 2022-877 · judgment September 14, 2023


Certiorari denied · March 25, 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

  1. Whether the New York Court of Appeals can adopt a Referee report that was clearly based on violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution?

  2. Whether knowing adoption of false testimony by the New York Court of Appeals in this case violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,

  3. Whether it amounts to violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution for the lower court to disbar an attorney at pleasure?

  4. Whether prohibition on double jeopardy Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution extends to civil sanctions which are applied in a manner that is punitive in nature?

  5. Whether retaliation against a publisher that published a truthful article that presents no danger to the community amounts to violation of the First Amendment to the US Constitution

  6. Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated where law enforcement intentionally or recklessly includes false information or misrepresentations in an affidavit for a search warrant in order to gain probable cause?

  7. Whether the demand for an excessive bail constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Owolabi Salis

For respondent
Barbara Dale Underwood
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 25 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 06 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
  3. Mar 01 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Attorney Grievance Committee to respond filed.
  4. Jan 31 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2024)