No. 18-7852

Donald Hug v. T. J. Conley, Warden

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2019-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-review freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-authority prison-policies prisoners-rights statute-of-limitations time-limits
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Do prisons, through their policies and actions, have the authority to prevent (delay) prisoners from filing legal document notary until it is too late to file, or is that activity incorrect? How or is that activity incorrect, and therefore, should not be allowed to be a factor in denying a habeas corpus filing on "timeliness"? Because AEDPA was open to this Petition, does Congress have the authority to gradually or immediately take away our Constitutional Rights by putting time limits on these rights, such as the AEDPA Law, the Anti-Terrorism Act, putting time limits on Federal habeas corpus to within one year of conviction, and if conviction becomes final, meaning then it could only be amended to a limit of within one day (or one second) of their conviction becoming final, thereby completely nullifying all of these rights?

If Congress does have this power, then does that check and balance mean that they can put time limits on all of our Constitutional Rights, such as "or have the right to Freedom of Speech/Religion (etc.)" within one year (or one day) of our birth, and not thereafter? Thereby completely nullifying all of these rights?

Do state legislatures have the authority to gradually or immediately take away our Constitutional Rights by putting time limits on these rights, such as the AEDPA Law, the Anti-Terrorism Act, putting time limits on Federal habeas corpus to within one year of conviction, and if conviction becomes final, meaning then it could only be amended to a limit of within one day (or one second) of their conviction becoming final, thereby completely nullifying all of these rights? If Congress does have this power, then does that check and balance mean that they can put time limits on all of our Constitutional Rights, such as "or have the right to Freedom of Speech/Religion (etc.)" within one year (or one day) of our birth, and not thereafter? Thereby completely nullifying all of these rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether prison officials have the authority to prevent (deny) pro se prisoners from getting their legal documents notarized until it is too late to file them, and whether they can impose immediate, harsh punishments, such as denying a habeas corpus filing due to 'untimeliness' because this was done to this petition

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-04-24
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2018-10-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Donald Hug
Donald Hug — Petitioner