No. 19-8644

Michael L. King v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-case capital-cases due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal judicial-bias
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a court shows partiality and bias by adopting nearly verbatim the prevailing party's brief as its order or opinion, particularly in capital cases, whether it violates due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and deprives the party of an impartial and disinterested tribunal?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a court shows partiality and bias by adopting nearly verbatim the prevailing party's brief as its order or opinion, particularly in capital cases, whether it violates due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and deprives the party of an impartial and disinterested tribunal?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-21
Reply of petitioner Michael L. King filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of Service
2020-07-08
Brief of respondent State of Florida in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther
2020-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2020)
PetitionAppendixMotion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisProof of Service

Attorneys

Michael L. King
Lisa Marie Bort — Law Office of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel - Middle Region, Petitioner
State of Florida
Carolyn M. Snurkowski — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent