No. 19-5984

Daniel H. Jones v. Claudia C. Bonnyman, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 42-usc-1983 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis sovereign-immunity standing
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
DID THE U.S. SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT
OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING THE
PETITIONER 'S ABSOLUTE RIGHT IN
FILING AS WELL AS TO APPEAL HIS
CIVIL ACTION IN FORMA PAUPERIS,
CONSISTENT WITH 28 USC §191 5(a) (2)
&(4)?

II.
DID THE LOWER APPELLATE COURT
INTERVENE WITH ACTS OF CONGRESS
AS WELL AS DECISIONS OF THIS U.S.
SUPREME COURT INVOLVING AN ISSUE
OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF WHICH BARS
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY?

III.
ARE THE U.S. APPELLATE COURTS VESTED
WITH UNLIMITED POWER IN RESTORING AN
ACCUSED TO HIS/HER RIGHT TO BE HEARD IN
A STATE CIRCUIT OF PROPER JURISDICTION
& VENUE?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's absolute right in filing as well as to appeal his civil action in forma pauperis, consistent with 28 USC §1915(a)(2) & (4)?

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-14
Waiver of right of respondents Claudia Bonnyman, et al. to respond filed.
2019-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Claudia Bonnyman, et al.
Joseph F. Whalen IIIAttorney general's Office, Respondent
Daniel Jones
Daniel Henderson Jones — Petitioner