Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to equal protection and due process were violated by the respondents' denial of his license to practice mental health counseling, and whether the statute of limitations should be waived due to the exceptional circumstances presented

question presented is: Petitioner is asking this court to waive the , statute of limitations due to unique and exceptional circumstances. A just and equitable remedy is sought upholding the spirit and principles of laws. Justice ; 2 Elena Kagan expressed similar sentiments by asking “Isn’t the simplest thing just to say that the person isn’t harmed until the state process has come to an end and we know for a fact what the state judgment is?”! 1 3 LIST OF ALL PARTIES The Petitioner is Sohail N. Butt. The Respondents are: John Brigham Zimmerman, individually and in his capacity as executive director of the Georgia Composite Board for Professional Counsellors, Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists; and Arthur Williams?, Ben Marion, Jack Perryman, Richard Long, Robert King, Steve Livingston, Tommy Black, Tonya Barbee, and Will Bacon, individually and in their capacities as board members of the Georgia Composite Board for Professional Counsellors, Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists. 2 Mr. Arthur Williams is now deceased and should no longer be considered a Respondent in this case. 4 STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES The proceedings identified below are directly related to the above-captioned case in this Court. Sohail N. Butt v. National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc., In the Superior Court of DeKalb County, State of Georgia, No. 2015CV1201 (August 4, 2015)(written findings of fact and conclusions of law); appealed to Georgia Court of Appeals at Appeal No. A16A0268 (June 22, 2016); Cert. denied on February 6, 2017, Case No. $16C1808. Sohail N. Butt v. Brian P. Kemp in his Official Capacity as Governor for the State of Georgia, In the Superior Court of Fulton County, State of Georgia, No. 2019CV328138 (March 23, 2022)(written findings of fact and conclusions of law); appealed to Georgia Court of Appeals at Appeal No. A22A1580, pending. Sohail N. Butt v. Brad Raffensperger in his Official Capacity as Secretary of State of Georgia, In the Superior Court of Fulton County, State of Georgia, No. 2019CV329033 (Sept. 2, 2021)(written findings of fact and conclusions of law). Sohail N. Butt v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams in her official capacity as Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County, In the Superior Court of Fulton County, State of Georgia, 2022CV362087 (May 12, — 2022)(written findings of fact and conclusions of law); appealed at Appeal No. A23A0093 (Dec. 1, 2022). Sohail N. Butt v. Zimmerman et al. In the Superior Court of Bibb County State of Georgia, No. 2022-CV-076681 (Oct. 18, 2022)(written findings of fact and conclusions of law); pending appeal.