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William Edgar Lewis, Jr., et al. v. Tracey L. Chance, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 26-1138 · judgment June 26, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a federal court may dismiss verified civil-rights claims at Rule 12 by treating judicially noticed state-court paperwork as conclusive proof of notice, service, access, and due process, where the plaintiffs allege that private parties and their counsel jointly used state judicial, police, and sheriff processes to cause constitutional injuries, and that the proceedings could not be verified, accessed, appeared in, or defended through the court system that later treated them as valid.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Edgar Lewis Jr.
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Sep 09 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2026)