No. 20-57

Maurice McGinnis, By His Conservator Derrick K. Jones v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-07-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitration arbitration-procedure civil-rights competency consent-order due-process equitable-jurisdiction guardian-ad-litem miscarriage-of-justice procedural-deadline
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether strict application of procedural deadlines by an Arbitrator under the guidelines of the Consent Order in Pigford v. Glickman resulted in a fundamental miscarriage of justice

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether strict application of procedural deadlines by an Arbitrator under the guidelines of the Consent Order in Pigford v. Glickman, 185 F.R.D. 82 (D.D.C. 1999) to an obviously incompetent Claimant resulted in a fundamental miscarriage of justice and required an exercise of the district court’s equitable jurisdiction where no provision was made in the Consent Order authorizing an arbitrator to appoint a guardian ad litem or allowing an enforcement action to the District Court prior to a final arbitration award? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-09-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Perdue, Sec. of Agric., et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Maurice McGinnis
Mario Bernard WilliamsNDH LLC, Petitioner
Mario Bernard WilliamsNDH LLC, Petitioner
Perdue, Sec. of Agric., et al.
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent