No. 20-1243

Staci Burk v. Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al.

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2021-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process election-challenge equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment standing stare-decisis voter-registration
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : ii QUES TI ONS PRESENTED ; 1. Did the Arizona Supreme Court violate Petitioner’s right to Equal Protection . when it denied remand for an evidentiary hearing of Petitioner’s ; constitutional claims of vote denial through the cancellation of her registration, while registrations of unqualified people remained, and those : votes were counted? . . 2. Did the Arizona Supreme Court violate stare decisis because its 2021 opinion contradicted its 2010 opinion involving the same Petitioner regarding ; whether she met the definition of “elector” to bring an election challenge, even though neither her voter registration status nor the statutory definition of “elector” had changed? . 3. Did the court clerk’s admittedly improper rejection of Petitioner's verification filed on December 7, 2020, constitute plain error? : 4. Did the Court violate Petitioner’s First Amendment rights to petition for . redress and Due Process by considering her illegally cancelled voter registration where she had not been given an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing to present evidence regarding her attempts to reinstate it? ; : iii

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-08
Waiver of right of respondent Ducey, Gov. of AZ, et al. to respond filed.
2021-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Ducey, Gov. of AZ, et al.
Brett William JohnsonSnell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Respondent
Brett William JohnsonSnell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Respondent
Staci Burk
Staci Burk — Petitioner
Staci Burk — Petitioner