No. 18-8457

John Garrett Smith v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2019-03-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing takings us-v-will
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-05-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is it lawfully permissible for a State's officials to execute imprisonment of a US Citizen in the sheer absence of jurisdictional authority, and then call the 4th and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution and this Court's 1980 Ruling in 'US v. Will' 'frivolous"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims due to lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim under the U.S. Constitution

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-18
Waiver of right of respondent State of Washington to respond filed.
2019-02-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2019)

Attorneys

John Garrett Smith
John Garrett Smith — Petitioner
State of Washington
Aaron T. BartlettClark County Prosecuting Attorney, Respondent