No. 19-5454

Melinda Scott v. Andrew Carlson, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech information-disclosure online-publication privacy privacy-act standing state-action state-actor
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by
publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record
(b) court documents and (c) state records, "state actors " that violate the Fourth
Amendment?

(2) Are private citizens, who publish on the Internet, private information of others,
obtained from federal databases and agencies, "state actors " who have violated
The Privacy Act?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record ; (b) court documents and (c) state records, 'state actors' that violate the Fourth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 6, 2019)

Attorneys

Melinda Scott
Melinda Scott — Petitioner