No. 20-7166

Charles J. Jordan v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-02-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection grand-jury grand-jury-selection judicial-review jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals is interpreting D.C. Code § 1-204 right when it is allowing the D.C. Superior Court to modify Federal Rules and is refusing to conduct its business according to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

2. Whether the accused have a right to attend the selection of the grand jury so he could utilize his right to challenge voire dire of grand jurors legal qualifications prior to grand jurors being administered the oath.

3. May it is that the accused is to be at every proceeding(s) against him, except the one proceeding the government needs to prosecute the case(s)?

4. Does an indictment challenge destroy a court's subject matter jurisdiction?

5. Whether the court can ignore an allegation raised in a motion to challenge the court's subject matter jurisdiction?

6. Whether every citizen of the United States of America have the right to equal treatment and to equal protection of laws?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals is interpreting D.C. Code § 11-947 correctly when it is allowing the D.C. Superior Court to modify Federal Rule and is refusing to conduct its business according to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Charles Jordan
Charles J. Jordan — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent