No. 20-6818
Roy Russell, Sr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arkansas-constitution arkansas-supreme-court due-process elected-judge fundamental-fairness judicial-assignment
Latest Conference:
2021-03-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the writ of habeas corpus is available to petitioner under the Fourteenth Amendment and Article 5, Section 11 of the Arkansas Constitution when the Court from which certiorari is ordered
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice failed to comply with the Arkansas Constitution and Arkansas Supreme Court's Administrative Order No. 10, violating the petitioner's due process right to fundamental fairness by assigning a special appointed judge to preside over the petitioner's jury trial when a circuit judge elected by the people of that judicial district was available
Docket Entries
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-09
Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
2020-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2021)
Attorneys
Dexter Payne
Roy Russell
Roy Lee Russell — Petitioner