No. 19-5329

James Lester Williams, Jr. v. Jamai F. Samuels

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment access-to-courts appellate-review due-process equal-protection family-law-dispute petition-for-redress pro-se pro-se-litigant right-to-petition
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether Florida's Appellate Court(s) denial of
Petitioner's timely and duly filed Petition's for Appeal, without any
judicial reasoning or analysis to support their decisions whatsoever
deprives a pro se litigant of their right to petition the government or
the redress of grievances and to the enjoy meaningful access to the
Court's in violation of the 1% and 14 Amendment?

2) Whether the decisions of the Circuit Court of Polk
County, Florida, along with the Florida Court of Appeals, and the
Supreme Court of Florida, denying Petitioner's timely and proper
Petition for Writ of Prohibition, without any explanation as to facts or .
case law involved, or the legal or factual basis upon which their
decision rested, comports with the Due Process Clause and Equal
Protection Clauses of the 14"* Amendment?

3) Whether the Supreme Court of Florida's decision to '
dismiss Petitioner's appeal, holding that it "lacks jurisdiction to
review an unelaborated decision from a district court of appeal that is
issued without opinion or explanation' deprives a pro se litigant of his
right to petition his government for the redress of grievance or is
violation of right to be heard in a meaningful time and in a
meaningful manner in violation of the Due Process Clause of the 14"
Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Florida's Appellate Court(s) denial of Petitioner's timely and duly filed Petition's for Appeal, without any judicial reasoning or analysis to support their decisions whatsoever deprives a pro se litigant of their right to petition the government or the redress of grievances and to the enjoy meaningful access to the Court's in violation of the 1st and 14th Amendment?

Docket Entries

2019-12-12
Case considered closed.
2019-10-07
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until October 28, 2019, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2019-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-09-04
Waiver of right of respondent Jamai F. Samuels to respond filed.
2019-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2019)

Attorneys

Jamai F. Samuels
Nicholas C. MohrLaw Office of Lobb & Mohr, Respondent
James Lester Williams, Jr.
James Lester Williams Jr. — Petitioner