No. 20-1823
K. S. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-timeframe due-process good-cause notice-of-appeal procedural-fairness state-supreme-court
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a due process violation under the 14 Amendment exists when a State Supreme Court refuses to permit the docketing of a late notice of appeal filed under relevant rules allowing for enlargement of any court timeframe for good cause (W.Va. Rule of Appellate Procedure 39) where the same is requested because Petitioner was never notified that the relevant pleadings had been adjudicated and where Petitioner was not provided adequate notice or an opportunity to be heard at said adjudication.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a due process violation under the 14th Amendment exists when a State Supreme Court refuses to permit the docketing of a late notice of appeal
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-12
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to respond filed.
2021-06-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2021)
Attorneys
K. S.
Christian John Riddell — The Riddell Law Group, Petitioner
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent