No. 18-5583

Stephen Brian Turner v. Melody Smith, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment immunity judicial-review parole parole-conditions quasi-judicial-role right-to-marry standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether, despite federal laws stemming from the Fourteenth Amendment which grant prisoners the right to marry, it is constitutionally permissible to impose parole conditions that deny a parolee the right to marry.

2. Whether granting parole officers absolute immunity effectively removes judicial review.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether parole conditions can prohibit the fundamental right to marry

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer and Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2018-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-06
Waiver of right of respondents Melody Smith, et al. to respond filed.
2018-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Melody Smith, et al.
Alicia Anne BowerCalifornia Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Stephen Turner
Gregory Scott WalstonThe Walston Law Group, Petitioner