No. 19-8123

Wendell Brown aka Menes Ankh El v. Superior Court of Indiana, Marion County, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process first-amendment legal-mail-rights name-change procedural-due-process religious-freedom signature-rights title-42-usc-2000bb-1 title-42-usc-2000cc-1
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does Ankh-El's common-law name change, which was executed 2 years prior to his arrest and almost 3 years prior to his imprisonment, have to be recognized by the courts and IDOC?
A. Ankh-El has a common-law right to change his name from "Wendell Brown " to "Menes Ankh-El ".
B. The trial-court violated Ankh-El's rights to procedural due process by changing the abstract of judgment to imprison him as "Wendell Brown ".
C. The Defendants violated the 1st Amendment and Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb-l and § 2000cc-l by denying Ankh-El's legal and personal mail, because his name change reflects his religious beliefs and was done prior to his imprisonment.

II. Can IDOC force Ankh-El to sign a signature that is not his?
Ankh-El has the right to make his signature whatever he wants it to be? A. The Defendants' refusal to accept Ankh-El's signature is a violation of the 1st B. Amendment's protection of freedom of speech and Title 42 USCS §§ 2000bb et seq and 2000cc et seq.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Ankh-El's common-law name change have to be recognized by the courts and IDOC?

Docket Entries

2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent Marion County Superior Court, et al. to respond filed.
2020-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Marion County Superior Court, et al.
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Wendell Brown
Wendell Brown — Petitioner