No. 18-7191

Scott Richard Pendergraft, et ux. v. Network of Neighbors, Inc.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure meaningful-opportunity-to-be-heard pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process procedural-fairness standing substantive-due-process
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a pro se litigant's procedural or substantive due process rights are violated when trial and appellate courts willfully refuse to fully and fairly hear or review a case, resulting in erroneous factual findings and an unjust result; and

Whether a meaningful opportunity to be heard is itself a protected interest for a pro se civil litigant, regardless of whether there are protected liberty or property interests attached to the underlying cause of action or defense.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pro se litigant's procedural or substantive due process rights are violated when trial and appellate courts willfully refuse to fully and fairly hear or review a case, resulting in erroneous factual findings and an unjust result

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-03-16
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent Network of Neighbors, Inc. to respond filed.
2018-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)
2018-10-31
Application (18A453) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 21, 2018.
2018-10-25
Application (18A453) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 6, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Network of Neighbors, Inc.
John Bruster LoydJones, Gillaspia & Loyd LLP, Respondent
Scott Pendergraft, et al.
Scott R. Pendergraft — Petitioner