No. 20-8224

Don Wayne Basey v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-division criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

WILL THE "SANCTION" PENDING HINDER PETITIONER FROM "EXERCISING" PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PRISON OFFICIALS INCLUDED HAVE PLACED PETITIONER AGAINST IN "JEOPARDY WITH A "DISEASE" PETITIONER NEVER HAD DURING "COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC."

IF THIS "SANCTION STANDS" WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE ON THE "PUBLIC" I.E. THE "COURT'S" SANCTIONS THEM AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED AND THEY'RE "INNOCENT" HOW WILL THEY GET REDRESS?

THE FOURTH CIRCUIT FOUND AN "EX POST FACTO" VIOLATION IN A "LAW" REQUIRING A "DISQUALIFIED FEE" FOR "DNA TESTING" BEFORE A "PRISONER" CAN BE "PAROLED" EUBANKS V. S.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORR. (IN RE EXPOST FACTO ISSUES) 562 F.3d 294; 362-74 (4TH CIR. 2009). THE "FIFTH CIRCUIT'S" DECISION "CONFLICTS" WITH THIS "RULING BY THE FOURTH CIRCUIT" THE "STATUTE" VIOLATES "PENAL" DAMAGE AND THIS "SANCTION" IS "PENAL" DAMAGE CANNOT STAND.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's fundamental constitutional rights were improperly infringed upon by COVID-19 prison policies

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2021)

Attorneys

Don Wayne Basey
Don Wayne Basey — Petitioner