No. 19-5526

Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

FRANCES LAKE 855YEARS OLD WIDOW OF MELVIN LAKE, VETERAN. HAS SPENT 9 YEARS SINCE BEING MEDICALLY APPROVED FOR EXPENSES WERE WITHIN MAPR. RIGHT ARM HAS CADAVER BONE WITH REVERSE /17/2005 PROSTHESIS-DONOT HAVE REACHABILITY (MONITORING NODULES PARATHYROIDECTOMY 2/AO18 ON THYROID DIABETIC, ARTHRITIS. DISE SPACING AND MORT GROSS LESS MEDICAL WAS WITHIN MAPR. ONE PAID DR. 2 TIMES, TWAS NOT CHARGEA- THIS WAS AFTER ORIGINAL APPROVAL -BECAUSE WHOMEVER I COULD CONTACT ACTED EACH TIME AS THOUGH I WAS STARTING OVER I LOST MY HUSBAND, HOUSE (SOLD LESS) BANKRUPTED, HAVE HAD TO HIRE EVERYTHING, MOVED TO APARTMENT TO MORE TO TOWN VILLAGE (2,49O8O/MO. WITH INCREASE490 EACH FEBRUARY) HAVE HAD CARE, BUT NEED MORE AS TIME TO ENTER TOWN VILLAGE FINALLY, AFTER MULTIPLE APPEALS, MUCH MONEY SPENT, TIME STRESS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT (APPENDIX A - INCLUDED) WAS CLEAR. I DID AS I WAS DIRECTED - SENT INFORMATION TO ALABAMA REGIONAL OFFICE 2 TIMES -NO RESPONSE -(SENT UPS AND SIGNED FOR) AFTER 9 YEARS OF CASE WILL THE E TO ALABAMA (UNDERSTAND BY Lower COURTS AND They

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the VA pension was properly denied after medical expenses were incurred, despite the widow's disability and financial hardship

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-02-04
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-22
Brief of respondent Wilke, Robert in opposition filed.
2019-10-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2019.
2019-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 23, 2019 to November 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-23
Response Requested. (Due October 23, 2019)
2019-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent Wilke, Robert to respond filed.
2019-05-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Frances Lake
Frances Lake — Petitioner
Wilke, Robert
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent