No. 24-7308

Zachary C. Crouch v. Braden Goddard, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation copyright-infringement due-process federal-law sovereign-immunity state-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess Copyright Trademark JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state sovereign immunity applies to federal copyright infringement and fraud claims under the Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

include whether state sovereign immunity can be and should be applied to unofficial acts and federal laws of copyright infringement and fraud. This is a question of law, de novo, because when the Constitution of the United States or laws of the United States directly contradict a law or statute of the State of Virginia, a decision must be made to make clear boundaries of what details of the civil proceedings will agree with the Constitution of the United States and laws or statutes of the State of Virginia. Specifically, in this proceeding the law or statute of the State of Virginia is sovereign immunity. On the other hand, the Constitution of the United States has copyright protection laws, federal fraud laws, and denounces itself as the Supreme Law of the Land. Also, federal copyright infringement laws contradict state sovereign immunity laws as well because you cannot simply enforce both at the same time unless new laws are created.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-12
Waiver of right of respondent Braden Goddard, et al. to respond filed.
2025-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 27, 2025)

Attorneys

Braden Goddard, et al.
Erika Lauren MaleyVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Kevin Michael GallagherVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Kevin Michael GallagherVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Zachary C. Crouch
Zachary Crouch — Petitioner
Zachary Crouch — Petitioner