No. 19-8

Jessie D. McDonald v. Federal Communications Commission, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure due-process judicial-conduct judicial-council judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council have supervisory powers over district court judges?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council have supervisory powers over district court judges? 2. Whether 28 U.S.C. and Rule 11(¢)())(B) &(C) of the Rules for JudicialConduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings is unconstitutional? 3. Whether “due process” require provisions for a Motion to Rehear or an appeal of final orders? 4. Whether 28 U.S.C. §357 and Rule 9(b) of the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings violate due process when there is no procedure for a rehearing or appeal? 5. Whether judges have immunity when acting outside the judicial scope of the court jurisdiction or abusing judicial powers? 6. Whether a judge’s action outside the scope of the court’s jurisdiction by influencing another judge to act with malice or corruptly in cases before their court constitute judicial misconduct? 7. Whether judges should recuse themselves from cases where the litigant has filed judicial misconduct charges against them? 8. Whether judges have the authority to take a litigant’s money without a legal judgment authorizing the court to do so? i 9. Whether trial judge was acting with bias and prejudices in this case? 10.Whether officers of the court and judges are immune from monetary damages when acting corruptly, with bias and malice and causing irreparable injury on litigants? 11.Whether judges have abused their discretion by instructing the clerk of the court to divert specific cases to their office by deviating from the normal case assignment protocol? 12. Whether 28 U.S.C,§351-364 is unconstitutional by assigning jurisdiction to the Sixth Circuit Judicial ; Council, when court of appeals judges has no supervisory powers over district court judges? 13.Whether judicial misconduct is present when judges abuse their discretion by finding no wrongful conduct by chief judge, when the accused judge acted without jurisdiction? 14.Whether this Court has jurisdiction to expel a : . federal judge for judicial misconduct? 15. Whether the public election is valid that denies or prohibits Independent Candidates from having equal time as Democratic and Republican . Candidates? ii.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Communications Commission to respond filed.
2019-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2019)

Attorneys

Federal Communications Commission
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Jessie D. McDonald
Jessie D. McDonald — Petitioner