No. 19-1394

Edward Ronny Arnold v. Herbert Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appeals civil-action civil-procedure civil-procedure-rooker-feldman civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts legal-fees pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine sixth-circuit-court standing state-courts state-employee-wages
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misapplied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This is a case to recover monies earned from working the substituted office closings of the federal and state holiday of Columbus Day. The plaintiff is pro se and Tennessee law has held a pro se litigant is not entitled to legal fees. The Plaintiff cannot recover monies or fees for time spent in this civil action. The damages in this civil action are limited to one day’s pay in the amount of $180.00, minus withholding, plus filing fees. It is reasonable to conclude the defendant, representing the State of Tennessee, has expended more than $50,000 in judicial cost and time expenditure affecting the following state and federal courts: General Sessions Davidson County, Tennessee; Sixth Cireuit Court Davidson County, Tennessee; Tennessee Court of Appeals for the Middle District at Nashville; Tennessee Supreme Court; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; United States Supreme Court. The questions presented are: 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misapplied the Rooker v. Feldman doctrine in dismissing the civil action. 2. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly determined the plaintiffs last working day was November 24, 2015 not November 25, 2015 ii 3. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly determined the plaintiffs source of injury. 4. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in understanding the legal opinion of the State of Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter denied the Plaintiff / Appellant earned wages and this legal opinion affects all employees of the State of Tennessee to which wages for full-time employees are reduced one day. This legal issue affects the following twenty-five (25) states: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Jowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-07
Waiver of right of respondent Herbert Slatery, III to respond filed.
2020-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Edward R. Arnold
Edward Ronny Arnold — Petitioner
Herbert Slatery, III
Carolyn Underwood SmithAtty. General & Reporter's Off, Respondent