No. 23-6155

Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 12(a)(1)(A) 18-usc-1964(c) civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-motion equal-protection federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering-statute standing
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 after defendants fail to answer a complaint within 21 days

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether a plaintiff is entitled under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 to award of a default judgment after defendants have failed to provide an answer to a complaint : within 21 days, as required under 12(a)(1)(A)@. | II. Whether, for purposes of dismissal, under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 12(b)(6), a civil | remedy exists, under 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c), as a claim to which a plaintiff could | expect a court of competent jurisdiction to award relief. III. Whether, for purposes of a final order, treating in disparate treatment a | litigant, vis 4 vis similarly situated others, it is a denial of equal protection under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, or, in the alternative, under the Fifth Amendment, : | to issue a nonprecedential order applying only to that case and litigant. PARTIES AND

Docket Entries

2024-05-08
Case considered closed.
2024-02-20
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until March 12, 2024, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2024-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent WUSA 9, a/k/a Channel 9 to respond filed.
2023-11-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2024)

Attorneys

Mike Webb
Mike Webb — Petitioner
Mike Webb — Petitioner
WUSA 9, a/k/a Channel 9
Laurin Howard MillsWerther & Mills, LLC, Respondent
Laurin Howard MillsWerther & Mills, LLC, Respondent