No. 19-7445

Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus law-enforcement pro-se probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

ARE All StAtE PRiSONERS bEINg UN/Awfolly Held, If the eVideNCe UsED TO CONVICT THEM INVOlUED SheRiff DepaRrtment offciAls from ONE CoontyI SEARCHiNg Seizing pRopeRty, FROM ANO PERSON AL DetendAnts HomE IN couNty, without ANOTHER A SEARCH WARRANT?

ApPEllANtS eNtitleD TO THE COURTS ARE Al PRO-SE liBERAL CONSTRUCTiON Of THEIR PETiTIONS OR FAiR Amendment OPPORUNity if it ReGUiRES MORE THAN ONE

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are all stale prisoners being unlawfully held, where the evidence used to convict them involved state department officials from one county searching and seizing personal property from defendants' home in another county without a search warrant?

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2019-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Maechel Patterson
Maechel S. Patterson — Petitioner