Government misconduct in court
Antoine Douglass Johnson v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- The Supreme Court refused Antoine Douglass Johnson’s request for review (denied his petition), so it did not decide his claims.
- Who it affects
- The denial ended Johnson’s request for Supreme Court review but did not resolve his challenge to the Ninth Circuit.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Johnson asked the Court to stop the Ninth Circuit from assuming jurisdiction and argued that the appeals court protected alleged government deceit by failing to address proof that the government gained an unfair advantage.
Johnson’s petition arose from a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Question presented
1. Will the Supreme Court of the United States stop the Ninth Circuit from Assuming Subject-Matter Jurisdiction? 2. Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals “ lend its power to assist or protect a fraud ” (Kitchen v. Rayburn, 86 U.S. 254, 263 (1873)), by failing to address proof, showing the Government gained an unfair advantage through deceit?
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- What did Johnson ask the Supreme Court to stop?
- He asked it to stop the Ninth Circuit from assuming it had authority to hear his case.
- What did Johnson claim the Ninth Circuit failed to address?
- He argued that the appeals court ignored proof that, through deceit, the government gained an unfair advantage.
Sources
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