Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al.
WHETHER THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO EXERCISE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ACTION SEEKING TO HAVE A STATE SUPREME COURT PROMULGATED RULE, Okla.Sup.Ct.R. 1.36(g), DENYING, PROHIBITING AND BARRING THE PETITIONER AS A STATE APPELLANT FROM HIS EXERCISE OF HIS RIGHT TO FILE A STATE APPELLATE BRIEFS IN A STATE APPEAL, TO BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ENJOINED IN FEDERAL COURT BECAUSE OF THE RESPONDENTS STATE JUSTICES ' AND STATE JUDGES ' NON-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THAT RULE, PARTICULARLY, WHEN STATE APPELLATE BRIEFS ARE MANDATORILY REQUIRED OF THE PETITIONER IN ALL STATE APPEALS TO OVERCOME THE RESPONDENTS ' PRESUMPTION OF CORRECTNESS OF ALL OF THE APPEALED STATE TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS, ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS.
Whether federal courts have an affirmative duty to exercise jurisdiction over a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging a state court rule