No. 23-770

John Doe v. Bill Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-challenge equal-protection federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction redressability rooker-feldman standing state-court
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Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Rooker-Feldman bar jurisdiction when declaring a statute unconstitutional would undermine a state court's reliance upon the statute?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Does Rooker-Feldman bar jurisdiction when declaring a statute unconstitutional would undermine a state court’s reliance upon the statute? Does Rooker-Feldman preclude the federal court from deciding the constitutionality of a legislative act that the state court ratified, acquiesced in, and/or left unpunished? Is the redressability element of standing satisfied when a favorable decision would mandate equal treatment?

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent Crouch, Sec., WV DHHR, et al. to respond filed.
2024-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)
2023-09-14
Application (23A244) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
2023-09-06
Application (23A244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Crouch, Sec., WV DHHR, et al.
Michael Ray WilliamsOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Michael Ray WilliamsOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
John Doe
John Doe — Petitioner
John Doe — Petitioner