Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission
I. IS MICHIGAN'S STATUTE, MCL 60G.2963(B) UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON ITS FACE and/or AS APPLIED TO THIS PETITIONER, AS VIOLATING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURTS AND TO PETITION FOR REDRESS; WHERE IT COMMANDS THAT MICHIGAN COURT CLERKS SHALL NOT ACCEPT FOR FILING A CIVIL ACTION OR APPEAL, IF THE PRISONER LITIGANT OWES OUTSTANDING FEES OR COSTS FROM PRIOR UNRELATED LITIGATION; NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRISONER LITIGANTS (Petitioner) HAVING CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED A FINANCIAL INABILITY TO PAY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE FEES/COSTS; AND WHERE THE CLERK OR A DUDGE DOES NOT EVEN REVIEW/CONSIDER A MOTION TO WAIVE/SUSPEND FEES AND COSTS; OR THE PRISONER LITIGANTS INDIGENCY AND INABILITY TO PAY "OUTSTANDING" FEES/COSTS?
II. DOES STRICT APPLICATION OF MCL 600.2963 (8) ON ITS FACE APPLIED TO THIS PETITIONER, VIOLATE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION'S DUE PROCESS AND/OR EQUAL PROTECTIONS CLAUSES, IN ITS STRICT APPLICATION, WHEN FAILING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A PRISONER LITIGANTS PROVEN INABILITY TO PAY "OUTSTANDING".and/or AS APPLIED, FEES/COSTS OWED TO PRIOR LITIGATION?
III. DOES MCL 600.2963(8) ON ITS FACE and/or AS APPLIED, UNCONSTITUTIONALLY "DISCRIMINATE" WHEN DIRECTED SOLELY AGAINST "PRISONERS," AND WHERE A RICH PRISONER, OR NON-PRISONER CAN PAY FEES/COSTS AND GAIN ACCESS TO A MICHIGAN COURT, BUT A "POOR" PRISONER CANNOT, DUE SOLELY TO FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS?
IV. IS MCL 600.2963(8) TO BE READ J^N PARA MATERIA WITH MCL 600.2963(7), IN ORDER TO SATISFY CONSTITUTIONAL EDICTS; WHERE A PRI50NER LITIGANT CAN DEMONSTRATE INABILITY TO PAY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE FEE5/C0STS?
V. IS MCL 600.2963(8) IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONFLICT WITH MCL 600.2963(7); 600.2529 (5); and Michigan Court Rule (MCR) 2.002 (F), CONCERNING WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF FEES?
Is Michigan's statute, MCL 600.2963(8) unconstitutional on its face and/or as applied to this petitioner, as violating the right of access to courts and to petition for redress