No. 19-6868

Leigh Laz LePon v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2019-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: claims-processing due-process fair-and-impartial-tribunal fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-impartiality partisan-advocacy privileges-and-immunities subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER THE STATE DISTRICT-COURT JUDGE VIOLATED
THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT 'S PRIVILEGES AND
IMMUNITIES CLAUSE AS WELL AS THE FIFTH AND
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS ' DUE PROCESS GUARANTEE
THAT A CAUSE SHALL BE HEARD BY A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
TRIBUNAL VIA THE JUDGE ACTING IN A MANNER
TANTAMOUNT TO PARTISAN ADVOCACY?

II. WHETHER THE STATE OF IOWA VIOLATED THE UNITED
STATES FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT WHEN THE IOWA
COURT OF APPEALS REFUSED TO APPLY CLEARLY
ESTABLISHED AND WELL-SETTLED LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF
STATE LAW TO THE FACTS OF THE INSTANT MATTER IN
ORDER TO CONVERT A NONJURISDICTIONAL CLAIM
PROCESSING RULE INTO A RULE WITH JURISDICTIONAL
CONSEQUENCES?

III. WHETHER THIS COURT 'S DECISIONS DEFINING THE LEGAL
AND THE TERM "SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION "
CORRESPONDING AUBURN BRIGHT LINE TEST
CONCERNING NONJURISDICTIONAL STATUTORY TIME
LIMITS AND CLAIMS PROCESSING RULES
ENFORCEABLE UPON THE STATES VIA THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION 'S SUPREMACY CLAUSE, FULL FAITH AND
CREDIT CLAUSE, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES CLAUSE,
THE SIXTH AMENDMENT, AND THE FOURTEENTH
AMENDMENT 'S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, EQUAL
PROTECTION, AND DUE PROCESS PROVISIONS?ARE

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state district-court judge violated the Fourteenth Amendment's privileges and immunities clause as well as the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' due process guarantee

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Iowa to respond filed.
2019-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Leigh LePon
Leigh Laz Lepon — Petitioner
State of Iowa
Kevin CmelikIowa Department of Justice, Respondent