No. 18-794

Ronald R. Shea v. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment bail civil-rights constitutional-amendments counsel due-process fundamental-rights petition-clause prisoner-rights telephone-access
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a prisoner's right to a telephone call is a necessary inference of the fundamental rights of bail and counsel under the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

Whether the right to file a criminal complaint is an integral part of right to petition the government for a redress of grievances under the First and Fourteenth Amendments?

Whether a fundamental right can be reduced to a discretionary function without express written safeguards or guidelines?

Whether a family unit may constitute an "enterprise" within the ambit of RICO.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prisoner's right to a telephone call is a necessary inference of the fundamental rights of bail and counsel under the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent The Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois, Wendy Lowery to respond filed.
2019-01-07
Waiver of right of respondents Winnebago Sheriff's Office, et al. to respond filed.
2019-01-02
Waiver of right of respondents Carolyn Shea Koehler and Douglas Koehler to respond filed.
2017-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)

Attorneys

Carolyn Shea Koehler and Douglas Koehler
Amy Lynn SilvestriSilvestri Law Office, Respondent
Ronald R. Shea
Ronald R. Shea — Petitioner
The Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois, Wendy Lowery
Craig Leonard UnrathHeyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Respondent
Winnebago Sheriff's Office, et al.
Charoltte LeClercqWinnebago County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent