No. 20-7051

Tomas Zavalidroga v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech iccpr pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) prohibit a U.S. district court from summarily barring a pro se litigant from freely filing claims in the district court without prior approval of the court itself.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) prohibit a U.S. district court from summarily barring a pro se litigant from freely filing claims in the district court without prior approval

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Tomas Zavalidroga
Tomas Zavalidroga — Petitioner