No. 20-5899

Bodhisattva Skandha v. William Bates

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2020-10-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal due-process judicial-procedure pure-land-buddhism religious-rights standing trial-court trial-court-discretion
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether The Trial Court Abused Its Discretion #1 :
By Dismissing The Case?

Whether The Defendant Denied The Plaintiff The #2:
Right to Practice Pure Land Buddhism?

Whether The Appearance of Joan T. Kennedy
was Legal?#3:

Whether The Massachusetts appeals Court Can #4:
Overrule The United States Supreme Court?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether The Trial Court Abused Its Discretion By Dismissing The Case?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent William Bates to respond filed.
2020-09-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2020)

Attorneys

Bodhisattva Skandha
Bodhisattva Skandha — Petitioner
William Bates
Joan T KennedyMass, Department of Correction, Legal Division, Respondent