No. 20-8250
Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the petitioner was denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the fact that all federal prisons were closed to all incoming inmates that were locked away in county jails at that time with no access to typewriters or computers to prepare their work.
Whether this petitioner should have been granted more time to prepare brief on appeal, or should have been granted the right to hand write his appeal brief.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the petitioner denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal prison closures?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)
Attorneys
Nathaniel Howard Thomas
Nathaniel Howard Thomas — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent