No. 19-50

John DeRaffele v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals fair-housing-act federal-district-court federal-question judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings jury-verdict pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing tenant-standing writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a Pro Se litigant have the right to request a Writ of Certiorari when the Court of Appeals has upheld a lower Court ruling on an important Federal question in a way that conflicts or has departed from the accepted course of Judicial proceedings

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a Pro Se litigant under Supreme Court Rule 10 have the right to request a Writ of Certiorari when the United States Court of Appeals has upheld a lower Court ruling on an important Federal question in a way that conflicts or has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of Judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower Court as to call for an exercise of this ; Court’s Supervisory Power; when a jury verdict and Judgment was ordered against me by a lower Court knowing the Plaintiffs case was based on the erroneous use of the Fair Housing Act since the Complainants were not bonfide tenants which is a requirement in order to use the Fair Housing Act in discrimination cases. My complainants who are not bonfide tenants as defined in the Fair Housing Act, nevertheless received and obtained relief under this act. The Federal District Court should have . dismissed the case because the complainants lacked standings under the act and a jury errored in awarding compensation to the complainants. The Plaintiff and the lower courts awards should have been reversed since the jury found the complainants not to be bonfide tenants under the Fair Housing Act and did so in replying to question 1 of the jury : verdict form as to that fact. The presiding Judge errored in refusing my request to reverse the compensation and legal fees to the Plaintiff and the complainants. i The Federal District Court’s Order should have been reversed by the US Court of Appeals because the proceedings against me should never have been commenced. ANSWER: Affirmative

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)

Attorneys

John DeRaffele
John Deraffele — Petitioner
John Deraffele — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent