No. 20-185

Rickey Nelson Jones v. Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2020-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection judicial-appointment judicial-review judicial-selection maryland-law race-discrimination standing
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts' decisions to apply federal statutory discrimination law without considering its language and legislative history, rely on federal courts that overlooked the federal statute's language and legislative history, and not address the only question in Petitioner's case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts’ decisions to [i] apply federal statutory discrimination law without considering its language and legislative history, [ii] rely on federal courts that overlooked the federal statute’s language and legislative history, and [iii] not address the only question in Petitioner’s case, namely, “Is it unconstitutional for the State of Maryland, via its Judicial Branch (commingling with the Executive Branch), to sponsor a process that has [1] historically and statistically excluded qualified non-Caucasians from the circuit court for Anne Arundel County at 99.97% and [ii] engaged in a race-focused evaluation of Petitioner in order to exclude him from recommendation to the Governor when he was imminently more objectively qualified than the Caucasians recommended and appointed to the bench?”

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-11
Waiver of right of respondent Mary Barbera (CJ & Representative, State of Maryland) to respond filed.
2020-08-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Mary Barbera (CJ & Representative, State of Maryland)
Michele Joan McDonald — Respondent
Michele Joan McDonald — Respondent
Rickey Jones
Rickey Nelson JonesLaw Offices of Reverend Rickey Nelson Jones, Petitioner
Rickey Nelson JonesLaw Offices of Reverend Rickey Nelson Jones, Petitioner