No. 19-6130

George W. Fisher v. John Gregory Mermelstein, et al

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 1st-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection free-speech media-access medical-treatment prison prisoner-rights state-liability
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the denial of media treatment at a state prison violates the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2019)

Attorneys

George W. Fisher
George FisherFulton State Hospital, Petitioner