No. 19-291

Anne K. Block v. Washington State Bar Association, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bar-association civil-rights constitutional-rights disassociation due-process first-amendment janus-v-afscme judicial-bias judicial-bias-recusal judicial-disqualification motion-on-pleadings retaliation standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the trial court err when the district court judge and the reviewing judge refused to disqualify themselves due to their membership in the defendant, the Washington State Bar Association?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. Did the trial court err when the district court judge and the reviewing judge refused to disqualify themselves because of their membership in the defendant, the Washington State Bar Association? : B. Could the appellant’s first amendment claim survive a motion on the pleadings if an unbiased judge had been assigned? : C. Did the defendants actions of retaliating against Block for resigning from the WSBA violate her constitutional right to disassociate as recently announced in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, No. 16-1466, 585 U.S. __ (2018)?

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-13
Reply of petitioner Anne K. Block to Respondent Kenyon Disend and City of Gold Bars Opposition filed.
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2019-11-04
Brief of respondents Joe Beavers, Linda Loen, Crystal Hill-Pennington, the City of Gold Bar, Port of Seattle, Kali Matuska, Julie Tanga, Sean Gillego and James Tuttle in opposition filed.
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2019-10-15
Reply of petitioner Anne K. Block filed.
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2019-10-03
Brief of respondents King County and Deputy Cary Coblantz in opposition filed.
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2019-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 4, 2019, for all respondents.
2019-09-30
Motion of respondents Kenyon Desend, PLLC, Gold Bar and Port of Seattle to extend the time to file a response from October 4, 2019 to November 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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2019-09-26
Waiver of right of respondents City of Duvall and Sgt. Lori Batiot to respond filed.
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2019-09-24
Waiver of right of respondents Washington State Bar Association, Sarah Andeen, Kevin Bank, et al. to respond filed.
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2019-09-18
Waiver of right of respondents Snohomish County, Geoffrey Gibbs, Sara DiVittorio, Seth Fine, Brian Lewis, John Lovick, John Pennington, Sean Reay and Mark Roe to respond filed.
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2019-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 4, 2019)
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Attorneys

Anne K. Block
Anne K. Block — Petitioner
City of Duvall and Sgt. Lori Batiot
Robert Leslie Christie — Christie Law Group, PLLC, Respondent
Joe Beavers, Linda Loen, Crystal Hill-Pennington, the City of Gold Bar, Port of Seattle, Kali Matuska, Julie Tanga, Sean Gillego and James Tuttle
Amanda Gabrielle Butler — Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Respondent
Kenyon Disend, PLLC, Michael Kenyon, Ann Marie Soto, Margaret King and Sandra Sullivan (nee Meadowcroft)
Michael R. Kenyon — Kenyon Disend, PLLC, Respondent
King County and Deputy Cary Coblantz
Geoffrey M. Grindeland — Seamark Law Group PLLC, Respondent
Snohomish County, Geoffrey Gibbs, Sara DiVittorio, Seth Fine, Brian Lewis, John Lovick, John Pennington, Sean Reay and Mark Roe
Steven Joseph Bladek — Snohomish Cnty. Pros. Atty. - Civil Division, Respondent
Washington State Bar Association, Sarah Andeen, Kevin Bank, et al.
David William Silke — Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Respondent