A judge's authority
Deppe v. Sovinski
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Dennis G. Deppe’s petition asks whether a federal judge improperly took control of his case under a local rule and whether a Florida-employed attorney can claim immunity for alleged perjury before the U.S.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Deppe’s request for Supreme Court review, but it does not decide the legal questions or establish his allegations.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Patent and Trademark Office. It also alleges government-linked stalking and assaults; those allegations are not established facts.
Deppe sought Supreme Court review of a case from the Eleventh Circuit.
Question presented
1. Does a federal judge who knowingly violates and circumvents a district court ’ s local rules, in this case Local Rule 1.05(a), to take improper control of a case, have lawful jurisdiction of the case to which they took control through the violation? 2. Is an attorney employed by the state of Florida entitled to qualified immunity for commission of perjury in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, because of her state employment? 3. What steps do supreme court justices take when presented with evidence that organized government crime coming from the DOJ and military are coordinating with district court judges to engage in the stalking, assaults, and batteries of one of the parties in the case?
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- Did the Court decide whether the judge had jurisdiction?
- No. The Court did not decide that question.
- Did the Court decide whether the attorney was entitled to immunity?
- No. It did not decide whether the attorney’s state employment shielded her from liability for the alleged perjury.
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