No. 20-7311

Juan Matthews v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2021-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection jury-verdict racial-discrimination ramos-v-louisiana standing supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Was Louisiana's Jury verdict Scheme that convicted petitioner in violation to the U.S.C.A. 14th Amendment of the Louisiana's Constitution? Standard set forth in Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp., 429 U.S. 252 (1977); see also Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222, 228-31 (1985) and U.S. v. Fordice, 505 U.S. 717, 732, n.6 (1992) because Louisiana's majority verdict scheme, introduced in 1898 to discriminate against black people, continues to have a discriminatory effect against black people, which is demonstrated by its disparity impact on both black jura's and black defendants. For the reasons that exist within Juan Matthews new facts and the finding of the United States Supreme Court in 140 S.Ct. 1390 (2020). Proves without doubt the system employed against petitioner violates the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution. Louisiana District Court devised a method to uphold Louisiana's unconstitutional discriminatory verdict scheme by denying on the merits without applying the rule of law provided by the United States Supreme Court under Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp., 429 U.S. 252(1977).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Louisiana's jury verdict scheme that convicted the petitioner violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2020-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Juan Matthews
Juan Matthews — Petitioner