No. 18-5583
Stephen Brian Turner v. Melody Smith, et al.
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
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.
Stephen Turner
Gregory Scott Walston — The Walston Law Group, Petitioner