No. 18-8248

Hersy Jones, Jr. v. Supreme Court of Louisiana, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment disbarment due-process judicial-review recusal rooker-feldman section-1983 standing
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Rooker Feldman bar a disbarred attorney from seeking damages and equitable relief under Sec. 1983, due to alleged violations of his federal rights during the state proceedings when the order of disbarment was entered by the Louisiana Supreme Court while hearing the case initially, and not on review from a lower court, and not granting the disbarred attorney a predisbarment hearing, and whose rules do not provide for any hearing or appeal of such order?

Because the defendant only filed a 12(b)(1) motion based on the Rooker Feldman doctrine, which such motion was granted by the District Court, did the Appellate Court commit error in dismissing Appellants claims which were not subject to Rooker Feldman?

Was the Honorable District Court Judge Maurice Hicks required to recuse himself due to his prior appointment by the Louisiana Supreme Court to its Committee on Admissions?

Did the Panel err in not addressing the other rulings of District Court such as the Default Judgment and Plaintiff's Motion to file an Amended Complaint?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Rooker Feldman bar a disbarred attorney from seeking damages and equitable relief under Sec. 1983

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-10
Waiver of right of respondents Supreme Court of LA, et al. to respond filed.
2019-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Hersy Jones
Hersy Jones Jr. — Petitioner
Supreme Court of LA, et al.
David Glen SandersLouisiana Department of Justice, Respondent