Montgomery Blair Sibley, Petitioner v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Supreme Court ^ | April 4, 2012 | Sibley

[plenipotentiary]

No. 11-1185 Title: Montgomery Blair Sibley, Petitioner v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia Docketed: March 29, 2012 Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Case Nos.: (12-5040) Decision Date: March 6, 2012

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mar 28 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2012) Mar 28 2012 Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner. Apr 4 2012 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 20, 2012.

[chicken head]

LOL— I read it 3 times- i see no reason for him to not have standing- I think he is gonna win this one— i really do.

[Lurking Libertarian]

LOL— I read it 3 times- i see no reason for him to not have standing-

He is not (1) the Attorney General, or (2) the U.S. Attorney, or (3) the person who would become President if Obama were disqualified. No one else has standing under the quo warranto statute.

I think he is gonna win this one— i really do.

Given the fact that several other quo warranto suits against Obama have been dismissed by the D.C. District Court, I'll bet you $10,000.00 he loses, and I'll give you 2-1 odds.

[chicken head]

the others have been dismissed because of standing- why wouldnt he have standing running as a write in canidate?- i’m not gonna bet cause you could be right, but im hopeing he has standing on this issue..

[Lurking Libertarian]

the others have been dismissed because of standing- why wouldnt he have standing running as a write in canidate?-

Anyone can say they're a "write in candidate." But even if he were Mitt Romney he wouldn't have standing for quo warranto (as distinguished from a ballot challenge, where any candidate on the general election ballot or any candidate on a Democratic primary ballot would have standing). To have standing to bring a quo warranto suit, you have to be the person who would hold the office if the incumbent were disqualified. That would have been John McCain before January 20, 2009; today, it's Joe Biden. No one else has quo warranto standing (except the U.S. Attorney or the Attorney General).

i’m not gonna bet cause you could be right, but im hopeing he has standing on this issue.

I'll give you 10 to 1 odds; my $10,000 against your $1,000.00. We'll place our money in escrow with any Freeper we mutually agree on.

[plenipotentiary]

Sibley is a registered write in candidate, and as such is an interested person.

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/238/537/case.html

If that is not sufficient to make him an interested person, then at the point a single person fills in a ballot for Sibley, he is certainly unique in his interest.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Apr 4 2012 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 20, 2012.
Apr 23 2012 Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED.

[plenipotentiary]

Mar 28 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2012)

[Lurking Libertarian]

Jun 4 2012 Petition DENIED.

[plenipotentiary]

Reason?

[Lurking Libertarian]

As is typical when the Supreme Court declines to hear a case, none was given.

There were no recorded dissents.