No. 22-152

Thomas Earl Dunn v. Elizabeth Post, Magistrate, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-accountability due-process eleventh-amendment nominal-damages public-trust sovereign-immunity state-actors state-public-trust
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Shall the lower Courts, District Court followed by
the Appellate Court, deliberately stand a Constitutional
conflict in law, by judicially shielding the State Public
Actor(s) by amending the Eleventh Amendment beyond
the scope of its written Text by Order of the aforemen
tioned lower Courts?

2. Shall the lower Courts, District Court followed
by the Appellate Court contradict this Court that ruled
Nominal Damages are an actionable cause for the
addressment of Constitutional and Legal Wrongs
committed by a State 's Public Actors?

3. Shall the lower Courts, the District Court
followed by the Appellate Court, judicially move con
trary to the Laws of Michigan, the Laws of the United
States, the Rules of Court, inclusive of the Michigan
State Constitution and the Constitution of the United
States for the United States of America to thereby rule
that Elizabeth Post, the lead Defendant in this instant
case standing in her Official and Individual Capacity,
breached the Constitution and Laws of Michigan, and
the United States, to then be declared unaccountable
by Federal Judicial Decree for Constitutional and
Lawful wrongs, that targeted this Petitioner.

4. Shall the lower Courts, the District Court
followed by the Appellate Court, judicially protect Offic
ers of the State 's Local Unit of Governance, alongside
co-respondents, who all are State Public Officers under
the realm of "Sovereign immunity " from accountability
in law and equity for Breaching Michigan 's Public Trust,
which is a common law wrong?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Shall the lower Courts shield State Public Actors from Constitutional conflicts?

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-13
Waiver of right of respondents County of Gladwin, MI, Elizabeth Post, Sheriff Michael Shea, Linda Hawkins, Karen Moore to respond filed.
2022-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State to respond filed.
2022-08-29
Waiver of right of respondents City of Gladwin, Zach Palmreuter, Charles P. Jones, and Darlene Jungman to respond filed.
2022-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2022)
2022-04-22
Application (21A625) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 12, 2022.
2022-04-15
Application (21A625) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2022 to August 12, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

City of Gladwin, Zach Palmreuter, Charles P. Jones, and Darlene Jungman
Mary MassaronPlunkett & Cooney, P.C., Respondent
County of Gladwin, MI, Elizabeth Post, Sheriff Michael Shea, Linda Hawkins, Karen Moore
Douglas James CurlewCummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C., Respondent
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Dunn
Thomas Earl Dunn — Petitioner