No. 20-5200

Gerald A. Sanford, Sr. v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2020-07-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings prisoner-rights state-court-discretion state-court-of-appeals statutory-interpretation supervisory-power
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER A STATE COURT OF APPEALS HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH A DECISION OF A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AND OTHER STATE COURT OF APPEALS ON THE SAME IMPORTANT MATTER; HAS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL QUESTION IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH DECISIONS BY A STATE COURT OF LAST RESORT; AND HAS SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AS TO CALL FOR AN EXCERCISE OF THIS COURT'S SUPERVISORY POWER WHEN THE TENNESSEE STATE COURTS ERRED BY ABUSING THEIR DISCRETION WHEN THEY DISMISSED APPELLANT'S CASE RULING APPELLANT DID NOT COMPLY WITH T.C.A. § 41-21-801.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court of appeals erred in dismissing a prisoner's case

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Gerald A. Sanford
Gerald A. Sanford — Petitioner