No. 19-8471

Eddie Gene Vaughn v. Timothy Hawkins, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process equal-protection excessive-force poverty prisoner-rights standing
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.ARE CORRECTIONAL STAFF FREE TO PHYSICALLY BEAT PRISONERS
SIMPLY DUE TO THE PRISONERS APPEARANCE AND DEMEANOR OF
ILLITERACY AND/OR BEING TOO POOR TO EMPLOY CIVIL LEGAL
COUNSEL ?

2-IS IT OUR FEDERAL COURT'S CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION TO SEE
THAT BOTH, FEDERAL LAW AND THE CITIZEN(S) OF THE UNITED STATES,
ARE UNVIOLATED AND UNHARMED. ?;
AND DOES THE FEDERAL COURTS' CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS
DEPEND ON THE PARTICULAR CITIZEN'S STATUS AND/OR PAUPERISM ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether correctional staff are free to physically beat prisoners due to their appearance and demeanor of illiteracy and/or being too poor to employ civil legal counsel

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 15, 2020)

Attorneys

Eddie Gene Vaughn
Eddie Gene Vaughn — Petitioner