No. 18-9314

Randall Pierce v. Stuart Sherman, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-procedure clearly-established-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleadings sentencing-information standing supreme-court
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1)
Was the District Court Judge's Illiberal Construction of the Pro Se
Pleadings a Denial of Access to the Courts?

2)
Does a State Court Fail to Unreasonably Apply Clearly
Established Law of the Supreme Court's Iowa v. Tovar
Decision and its Progeny When it Concedes it Never Advises
the Defendant on WhatAllowable Punishments Are Faced in
View of the Charges?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the District Court Judge's liberal construction of the pro se pleadings a denial of access to the courts?

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-23
Waiver of right of respondent Sherman, Warden to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Randall Pierce
Charles R Khoury Jr. — Charles R. Khoury Jr. Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Sherman, Warden
Peggy S. Ruffra — Respondent
Michele Joette Swanson — California Attorney General's Office, Respondent