No. 18-7289

Peter D. Bommerito v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment administrative-policy ballot-initiatives civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process public-policy state-legislation
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. SHOULD THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF INCREASINGLY SEVERE CRIMINAL COURT PROCESSES AND PENALTIES INFLICTED AND REQUIRED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES, AND PUBLIC ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVES?

2. SHOULD THE PEOPLE IN EACH STATE OF THE UNITED STATES ALSO BE SO PROTECTED?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the people in the state of California be constitutionally protected under the Fourteenth Amendment in the presence of increasingly severe criminal court processes and penalties in rulings and required by the state legislature, administrative policies, and public anti-crime initiatives?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-22
Waiver of right of respondents Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. to respond filed.
2018-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Peter D. Bommerito
Peter D. Bommerito Jr. — Petitioner
Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.
Toni Raven Johns-EstavilleOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent