No. 20-1169

William Albert Haynes, III, et al. v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure consolidated-cases final-judgment hall-v-hall procedural-catch-22 standing timely-appeal
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AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2021-04-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Second Circuit err in ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the Petitioners' appeals in three of seven consolidated cases, which were filed within 30 days after final judgment in the last of those cases, on the ground that the appeals were untimely under Hall, even though, more than a year before Hall, the Second Circuit had dismissed Petitioners' otherwise timely first attempted appeals because final judgment had not yet been entered in all of the consolidated cases?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This case presents the Court with an opportunity to review the Second Circuit’s implementation of a procedural Catch-22, based on Hail v. Hall, 138 S. Ct. 1118 (2018), that has deprived the Petitioners of their fundamental right to appeal adverse judgments against them. Specifically, the question presented is: Did the Second Circuit err in ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the Petitioners’ appeals in three of seven consolidated cases, which were filed within 30 days after final judgment in the last of those cases, on the ground that the appeals were untimely under Hall, even though, more than a year before Hall, the Second Circuit had dismissed Petitioners’ otherwise timely first attempted appeals because final judgment had not yet been entered in all of the consolidated cases? ii LIST OF ALL

Docket Entries

2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-03-18
Brief of respondent World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. in opposition filed.
2021-02-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2021)

Attorneys

William Albert Haynes III, et al.
Konstantine William KyrosKyros Law, P.C., Petitioner
Konstantine William KyrosKyros Law, P.C., Petitioner
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Jerry S. McDevittK&L Gates LLP, Respondent
Jerry S. McDevittK&L Gates LLP, Respondent