No. 19-684

Darrell Saunders, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2019-11-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appeal article-xiv civil-procedure commercial-carrier constitutional-rights due-process legal-procedure mail-delivery
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

When an individual follows the rules of the Court in mailing an
Appeal, but due to the policies of the 3rd party Commercial Mail
Carrier, the delivery date is listed as 2nd day delivery in lieu of next
day delivery due to the delivery truck having left for the day, is the
individual denied their due process of law per Article XIV of the
Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an individual is denied due process of law when a commercial mail carrier's policies result in a late delivery of an appeal, despite the individual following the court's mailing rules

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to respond filed.
2019-09-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2019)
2019-08-20
Application (19A187) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 13, 2019.
2019-07-17
Application (19A187) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2019 to September 13, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Darrell Saunders, et al.
Darrell Saunders — Petitioner
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Andrew Brian PittmanTroutman Sanders LLP, Respondent