No. 18-170

John Anthony Gentry v. Tennessee, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: attorney-misconduct constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-enforcement due-process federal-jurisdiction government-reform judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight republican-form republican-government sovereign-immunity state-reform state-sovereignty
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state's sovereign immunity is vitiated when the state government is no longer republican in character or form.

Whether a citizen of a state has a right to effect reform of the state government through suit in federal court, when a state's constitution expressly guarantees its citizens an unalienable and indefeasible right to reform the government in such manner as they may think proper and the imperative for reform is undeniable.

Whether attorneys are held above the law when state and federal courts wrongfully abrogate jurisdiction, and wrongfully deny fair due process, in cases alleging civil and criminal law and rights violations perpetrated by licensed attorneys.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state's sovereign immunity is vitiated when the state government is no longer republican in character or form

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2018-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-15
2018-10-01
Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari DENIED.
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee, et al. to respond filed.
2018-08-20
Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner John Gentry.
2018-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent Sarah Perky to respond filed.
2018-08-08
Waiver of right of respondents Pamela Anderson Taylor; Brenton Hall Lankford to respond filed.
2018-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 6, 2018)
2018-03-19
Motion (17M88) for leave to proceed as a veteran Denied.
2018-02-21
MOTION (17M88) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
2018-02-15
Request for recusal received from petitioner.
2018-01-16
Motion (17M88) for leave to proceed as a veteran filed.

Attorneys

John Gentry
John A. Gentry — Petitioner
Pamela Anderson Taylor; Brenton Hall Lankford
Michael D. RisleyStites & Harbison, Respondent
Sarah Perky
William S. WaltonButler Snow LLP, Respondent
Tennessee, et al.
Joseph F. Whalen IIIAttorney general's Office, Respondent