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Susan M. Smith v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-6118 · judgment September 20, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erred in affirming the district courts June 11, 2024, frivolous and/or vexatious docket notice? Whether there is a “good faith defense” to 42 U.S.C. 1983 that shields the defendant from damages liability for depriving the petitioner of her constitutional right if the defendant(s) acted under the color of law? Whether the petitioner’s First and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was violated? Can a judge have immunity for their non judicial a Activities who knowingly violate civil rights?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Susan M. Smith
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 20 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 05 2025Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
- Oct 19 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)