No. 20-7361
Robert Eugene Ayers v. Virginia
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-commitment civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine jury-trial mental-health seventh-amendment sexual-predator sexually-violent-predator
Latest Conference:
2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
Was Petitioner entitled by the Incorporation of the Seventh Amendment's Jury Trial Clause into the Fourteenth Amendment to Trial By Jury in a State Civil Recommitment Proceeding in which he was alleged to remain a "Sexually Violent Predator?"
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was Petitioner entitled by the Incorporation of the Seventh Amendment's Jury Trial Clause into the Fourteenth Amendment to Trial By Jury in a State Civil Recommitment Proceeding in which he was alleged to remain a 'Sexually Violent Predator'?
Docket Entries
2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-22
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2021-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2021)
Attorneys
Robert Ayers
James Chandler Martin — Martin & Martin Law Firm, Petitioner
Virginia
Toby Jay Heytens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent