No. 19-5469

Brock Fay Fish v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

HAS THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ENTERED A DECISION WHICH VIOLATES STATUTE, NAMELY SECTION 35 OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789, 1 STAT. 92 (CODIFIED IN 28 U.S.C. § 1654), THUS VIOLATING PETITIONER'S STATUTORY RIGHT OF SELF-REPRESENTATION AND IN SO DOING, SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AS TO CALL FOR AN EXERCISE OF THIS COURT'S JUDICIAL POWER TO PREVENT A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

II. DOES THE RECORD CLEARLY CONTRADICT THE LOWER COURT'S BASIS FOR DENYING PETITIONER'S APPEAL. THIS NOT ONLY REPRESENTS A CONFLICT WITH SEVERAL HOLDINGS OF THIS HONORABLE COURT, BUT ALSO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, THUS CREATING A MANIFEST INJUSTICE IF NOT CORRECTED.

III. DOES THE UNSOLICITED APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND THE SUBSEQUENT AFFIRMATION OF THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF PETITIONER'S HABEAS MOTION PREJUDICE THE PETITIONER CREATING A CONFLICT AMONG DECISIONS OF THIS HONORABLE COURT AS WELL AS CREATING A NEED FOR REVIEW BY THIS COURT TO PREVENT A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Brock Fay Fish
Brock Fay Fish — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent