No. 21-939

Peter Beasley v. Society of Information Management, Dallas Area Chapter, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment race-discrimination racial-discrimination standing vexatious-litigant
Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Texas courts may discriminate against Black people in violation of Due Process and Equal Protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment through an unconstitutional, specious use of the Vexatious Litigant Statute, where prima facie evidence shows Black people are declared vexatious and their lawsuits were dismissed at a 73% rate more frequent than White people who are found to be vexatious and their lawsuits dismissed over the same 53 month review period.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Texas courts may discriminate against Black people in violation of Due Process and Equal Protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment through an unconstitutional, specious use of the Vexatious Litigant Statute

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-01-11
Waiver of right of respondents Society of Information Management, Dallas Area Chapter to respond filed.
2021-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2022)

Attorneys

Peter Beasley
Peter Beasley — Petitioner
Society of Information Management, Dallas Area Chapter
Stacy R. ObenhausFoley & Lardner LLP, Respondent