No. 19-7163

Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-courts state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts have an affirmative duty to exercise jurisdiction over a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging a state court rule

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-09
Waiver of right of respondents Douglas L. Combs, et al. to respond filed.
2019-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Douglas L. Combs, et al.
Stefanie Erin LawsonOklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Paul Anthony Hatton
Paul Anthony Hatton — Petitioner