No. 20-7364

James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Appellant was denied rights under the
Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United
States Constitution to effective trial counsel and
whether denial of such effective counsel and
discriminatory trial and appellate court decisions
deprived him of nearly every right under the 4th, 5th,
6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States
Constitution with their concept of a "separate but
equal" system of criminal procedure for persons
suffering mental disability?

2. Whether Appellant was denied the fundamental
constitutional right to testify in violation of the 5th,
6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States
Constitution, and the state and federal appeals court's
disposition of Appellant's grievances violated 5th and
14th Amendment equal protection by discriminately
applying and creating laws that only prohibit those
with mental disabilities from exercising these rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent Clark, Supt., Albion to respond filed.
2020-12-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2021)

Attorneys

Clark, Supt., Albion
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent
James Baldwin
James Baldwin — Petitioner