No. 21-874

Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause false-reports fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment official-discrimination search-and-seizure
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether respondents, Quentin T. Sumner, Calvin Woodard, Keith Stone and magistrate Kenneth Barnes, acted in a conspiracy when appellee Calvin Woodard trespassed on private property of petitioner, made an entry, without a warrant onto personal premise of petitioner, searched and seized his property and invaded his privacy in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Then acted with active connivance in the making of the failed to appear false reports and other conduct amounting to official discrimination dearly sufficient to constitute denial of rights protected by the Equal Protection Clause to deprive the petitioner of liberty or property; handcuffed the appellant; placed appellant in the cruiser and hauled him down to the magisrate's office and placed him under a $13,000.00 cash bond withiut due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether respondents acted in a conspiracy to violate petitioner's constitutional rights

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2022-01-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2022)

Attorneys

Arthur O. Armstrong
Arthur O. Armstrong — Petitioner