No. 19-6239

Randell Glen Laws v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-due-process supervisory-power
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Because requisite exceptions are shown and have been met in the State and Federal
proceedings/ regardless of styling said pleading-presented claims as §2241 or §2254,
does a federal appellate court necessitate the exercise of this Court's supervisory
power when, contrary to its own and this Court's precedent decisions, the appellate
court decides that a petitioner/appellant has not "made a substantial showing of a
constitutional right", yet said claims demonstrate proofs clearly adequate with
grounds of constitutionally guaranteed rights having been violated to deserve a
ruling on their merits and the constitutional rights violations claims are both
properly within the appellate court and district courts' jurisdictions?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal appellate court necessitates the exercise of the Supreme Court's supervisory power when it decides that a petitioner/appellant has not 'made a substantial showing of a constitutional right', despite the claims demonstrating clear proof of constitutional rights violations that are properly within the appellate and district courts' jurisdictions

Docket Entries

2019-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2018-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Randell Laws
Randell Glen Laws — Petitioner