No. 19-7702

Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-retaliation court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation retaliation retaliation-claims standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS CONFLICT WITH THE FORMULATION DESCRIBING RETALIATION CLAIMS WITHIN THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS.

2. WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS CONFLICT WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS REGARDING ILLITERATE INDIGENT SEGREGATED PRO SE INMATES ACCESS OF THE COURTS.

3. WHETHER DEFENDANT LEAH BEREAN, INTERFERED WITH PETITIONER'S ACCESS OF THE COURT DURING THE APPEAL STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS BY HER MISCONDUCT.

4. WHETHER THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT CREATED AN EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS ISSUE ITSELF BY ITS RULING.

5. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT INTENTIONALLY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION DURING ITS SCREENING BY GOING OUTSIDE THE RECORD AT THE PLEADING STAGE OF THE PROCEEDING THEREBY GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS.

6. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT INTENTIONALLY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DEEMING THE PRO SE LITIGANT'S INITIAL MOTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 COMPLAINT.

7. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT INTENTIONALLY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY CONSTRUING PETITIONER'S PRO SE MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION AS A MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT UNDER RULE 59(e).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court decisions conflict with the formulation describing retaliation claims within the U.S. Circuit Courts

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-05-11
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-04-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2020-03-10
Supplemental brief of petitioner Douglas Jackson filed.
2020-02-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Douglas Jackson
Douglas Cornell Jackson — Petitioner