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Joe Louis Adams, Jr. v. 3D Systems, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-1147, 23-1356, 23-1473, 23-1659 · judgment January 17, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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. Plaintiff submits agreement to the court that was used to set the Counter claim for the defendant... The plaintiff notes in the order from the judge that she sites information contained in the agreement all aspects except the part of the agreement for arbitration; part

  2. Plaintiff contends that the defendant has been allowed “double jeopardy”. If the agreement has an arbitration clause the court is ignoring the demand and agreement for arbitration and has commenced proceedings using self-serving excerpts from the Arbitration and Confidentiality agreement. Judge Lewis never made reference to the arbitration clause on the first page and section 13.5. Plaintiff ask if the district court has jurisdiction to enforce the trade agreement past the arbitration clause that was agreed upon and signed prior to any dispute.

  3. The plaintiff would like to present a question of jurisdiction. In Order USCA4: 23-1147 Doc

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joe L. Adams Jr.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A987

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 12 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)
  4. May 06 2024
    Application (23A987) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 12, 2024.
  5. May 01 2024
    Application (23A987) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 13, 2024 to July 12, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.