No. 18-8838

Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process due-process-clauses federal-tort-claims-act in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity standing
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-06-06
Related Cases: 18-8836 (Vide) 18-8837 (Vide) 18-8839 (Vide) 18-8840 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, When, and to What extent raised therefor, a civil action is commenced by the first pleading taken on its face to maintain a property right effected by a cause of action created and defined by statutory terms as such potentially existing, and further emphasizing constitutionality to the extent endorsed by the trifecta contours of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, clearly should establish access to the courts, substantiated as a secondary property right inseparable thence, which are pro se plaintiffs substantive rights and procedural rights afforded which generally vests upon the filing of a complaint, thereby to allow any indigents public access by in forma pauperis ascribed status by thus filing in good faith accompanied by an affidavit stating, inter alia, that plaintiff is unable to pay the costs of the lawsuit to the courts, should specifically grant a substantive right to plaintiffs, presently codified at 28 U. S. C. § 1915, which is designed to ensure that indigent litigants have meaningful access to the federal courts, to commence and prosecute to conclusion any such action without being required to prepay fees or costs, or give security therefor, before or after bringing suit for a cause of action, should be enough to trigger procedural protections arising under the Due Process Clauses, which forbids a denial of any fundamental principle of liberty and justice to protect one's fundamental right to be heard either way.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, When, and to What extent raised therefor, a civil action is commenced

Docket Entries

2019-08-05
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED.
2019-06-26
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-05-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Frizzell Carrell Woodson
Frizzell Carrell Woodson — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent