No. 19-7901

Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing access-to-courts civil-rights detention due-process filing-fees indigency
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IS DENYING AN INDIGENT CIVIL DETAINEE (PRE TRIAL DETAINEE'') FOR SEVEN YEARS (JUNE 26,2012) FROM ACCESSING THE COURT WHEN PLAINTIFF EARNS NO MONIES AND IS WELL BELOW THE FEDERAL POVfERY LEVEL.0

WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS ASSESSING $1,000.00 SETTLEMENT MONEY AS INCOME AND DID NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LITIGATION EXPENSES OF $1,300.00 ONLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OF FABRICATED ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TREATMENT AND DETENTION FACILITY TRUST FUND REPORTS.2-J

WHETHER THE PLAINTIFF EARNS ANY MONEY ATM THE "IDHS/TDF" FACILITY ONLY LIFE REWARD POINTS ONLY TO BE USED AT THE FACILITY ST*»RE TO PURCHASE HYGIENE, LEGAL SUPPLIES ,CLOTHES AND FOOD AND THE US DISTRICT COURT WOULD NOT ORDER THE "IDHS/TDF" TO CONVERT THESE POINTS TO MONEY FOR THE FILING FEES.

WHETHER THIS INDIGENT PLAINTIFF CAN^ARN MONIES AND IS BEING HELD UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IN A ILLINOIS "SECONDARY PRISON SYSTEM" AND CANNOT ACCESS THE COURT BECAUSE OF HIS INDIGENCY.l)

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an indigent civil detainee is denied access to the court due to inability to pay filing fees

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2019-12-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Thomas Powers
Thomas Powers — Petitioner