No. 18-7758
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure court-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judge-selection judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-selection texas-courts trial-fairness visiting-judge visiting-judges
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is a trial by a visiting Judge according to Texas regulations a fair trial?
Has Mary Cummins been deprived of due process by use of a retired Texas visiting Judge who was the longtime friend of the sitting Judge Bonnie Sudderth, Plaintiffs' attorney, Randall Turner and Plaintiffs' attorney's wife, Patti Gearhart-Turner?
Has Mary Cummins been deprived of a fair trial based on a judgment in a case made by a visiting Judge?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is a trial by a visiting Judge according to Texas regulations a fair trial?
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-15
Waiver of right of respondent Amanda Lollar to respond filed.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2019)
Attorneys
Amanda Lollar
Randall E. Turner — Law Offices of Randall E. Turner, PLLC, Respondent
Mary Cummins
Mary Cummins — Petitioner