No. 19-7980

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

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

IF PETITIONER ORDERS BEFORE OFFERING IS OCT. 10, 1998 AND THE N.C.G.S. THE-501 CONTINUE VICTIM RIGHTS ACTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITTED UNDER STORY 1, K-1993 CAN IT NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY APPLY TO PETITIONER?

DID RESPONDENTS DENY PETITIONER DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS, WHEN THEY APPLIED ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO A PRIOR ORDER?

OR, AMENDING N.C.G.S. PARAMETERS OF THE LAWS APPLYING ATTEMPTS IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR ANY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CREATE POLICY WITHIN ACTS THAT NO LAW MADE THE TIME DEPARTMENT OF THE N.C.G.S. HB-5.1, BY ALLOWING POLICY TO BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the North Carolina Crime Victims' Rights Act can be constitutionally applied to the petitioner for crimes committed before the Act's effective date

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2019-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Maechel S. Patterson
Maechel S. Patterson — Petitioner