No. 22-59

Paul Nunu v. Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment ab-initio constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction first-amendment privileges-or-immunities rooker-feldman state-court-judgments void-ab-initio
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars inferior Federal Courts from voiding State Court judgments that are void ab initio under State and Federal law?

2. A) Does Rooker-Feldman overrule the Fourteenth Amendment duty of the Federal Courts to review claims for facial relief; ie. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
B) Like the rulings in this case, do the inferior Federal Courts suddenly lose jurisdiction to preserve, protect, and defend core constitutional freedoms if a citizen challenges State Court judgments that are void ab initio under Texas and Federal law?

3. In a case of first impression, whether the Texas Vexatious Litigant Statutes are pre-empted by 42 U.S.C. §1981, and facially unconstitutional as an unlawful prior restraint abridging the core First Amendment privileges or immunities of speech, expression, and to petition?

4. Does the Texas Courts' enforcement of facially unconstitutional statutes constitute a due process violation of the most basic sort actionable under 42 U.S.C.§$1983?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars inferior Federal Courts from voiding State Court judgments that are void ab initio under State and Federal law?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-23
Waiver of right of respondent State of Texas to respond filed.
2022-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Judge Michael Newman and Judge Jason Cox to respond filed.
2022-08-15
Waiver of right of respondent Howard M. Reiner to respond filed.
2022-07-22
Waiver of right of respondents Nancy Nunu Risk and Charles L. Nunu to respond filed.
2022-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Howard M. Reiner
Donald Ray BurgerLaw Office of Donald Ray Burger, Respondent
Judge Michael Newman and Judge Jason Cox
Laura Jean BeckmanHarris County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Nancy Nunu Risk and Charles L. Nunu
Tracia Y. LeeKean Miller LLP, Respondent
Paul Nunu
Paul E. NunuAttorney at Law, Petitioner
State of Texas
Landon A. WadeOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent