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Kai Hansjurgens v. Donald Bailey

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-10819 · judgment January 12, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Questions presented

  1. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, decision below, conflict with other similar decisions of other U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals as well as decide an important federal question in a way that conflicts with decisions by the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia’s court of last resort?

  2. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals create federal common law at odds with Petitioner’s statecreated rights, depriving Petitioner of the process due him under State law and violating the federalism principles of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)?

  3. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals commit reversible error by refusing to follow the law of the highest court in the State of Georgia, by affirming the U.S. District Court’s order, which affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s order deeming the newly concocted means chosen by Plaintiff/Respondent, to revive his judgment, substantially complied with the law of the State of Georgia for reviving judgment?

  4. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals commit reversible error by its misunderstanding and misapplying the Federal Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Lawrence Erickson

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 15, 2024 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 25 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
  3. Aug 05 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2024)