No. 21-28

Wayne A. Jones, Ed.D. v. Virginia State University, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment academic-freedom civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment property-interest public-university tenure-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a non-tenured, but tenure-eligible, professor at a public university has a minimal property interest in a fair tenure review process under the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a non-tenured, but tenure-eligible, professor at a public university has a minimal property interest in a fair tenure review process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as has been recognized by the Sixth Circuit in Purisch v. Tennessee Tech. Univ., 76 F.3d 1414, 1423 (6" Cir. 1996).

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia State University, et al. to respond filed.
2021-07-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Virginia State University, et al.
Michelle Shane KallenVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Michelle Shane KallenVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Wayne A. Jones, Ed.D.
Richard Franklin Hawkins IIIThe Hawkins Law Firm, PC, Petitioner
Richard Franklin Hawkins IIIThe Hawkins Law Firm, PC, Petitioner