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Crocker v. CenterPoint Energy
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Mitchell Crocker asks the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision leaving in place a ruling for CenterPoint Energy without a trial.
- Who it affects
- The judgment for CenterPoint remains in place in Crocker's case, but the Supreme Court did not rule on his claims about the appeal record or evidence.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.

What it's about
He says he lacked access to the record for his appeal and that the judgment relied on false statements and improperly rejected other evidence, including a Texas Workforce Commission decision.
Crocker said he lacked the transcript and record for his appeal and that the judgment relied on false statements and rejected evidence, including a Texas Workforce Commission decision.
Question presented
1. Whether the Fifth Circuit violated the Due Process and Equal Protection principles articulated in Swenson v. Bosler, Griffin v. Illinois, and Mayer v. Chicago by affirming summary judgment while Petitioner — an indigent, pro se litigant — was denied access to the transcript and record necessary for meaningful appellate review. 2. Whether a federal judgment may stand when it was procured through admitted false sworn statements, including a fabricated termination date and an impossible lawsuit filing date, in violation of Rule 11(b)(3), Rule 56(c)(4), and the Due Process Clause. 3. Whether the district court erred by refusing to consider a final Texas Workforce Commission Appeal Tribunal decision finding no misconduct — evidence that Fifth Circuit precedent requires courts to treat as probative of pretext under McInnis v. Alamo Community College District. 4. Whether fraud on the court under Rule 60(d)(3) requires relief where the record contains perjury, fabricated dates, hearsay, double hearsay, and declarations lacking personal knowledge, contrary to this Court ’ s decisions in Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. and Rozier v. Ford Motor Co.
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