No. 21-1481

John Destin Alexander v. Department of the Army, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights due-process freedom-of-speech government-overreach imprisonment involuntary-servitude privacy privacy-violation
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can the government impose and maintain thirty years of involuntary servitude imprisonment upon an American citizen without filing any charges against that citizen; an ordinary American citizen who has committed no offense against the government?

2. Can the government for thirty years invade and deny privacy to the Petitioner (both in his private residence, and in public settings) for medical and psychological research purposes; for the punitive purpose of maintaining the Petitioner in involuntary servitude imprisonment?

3. Can the government elicit the public apparatus of state and local government (employment centers, bus and rail transportation, and business establishments) in its involuntary servitude imprisonment of the Petitioner? Can it utilize interstate transportation to hinder the public privacy of the Petitioner? Can it nationally deploy "participant people" to hinder the public privacy of the Petitioner?

4. Can the government impede a literary business, Tamarind Literary Works, from its ability to publish and sell books, because the government does not like some of its content; because Tamarind Literary Works provides a voice for the Petitioner amid the misuse of power by government?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the government impose and maintain thirty years of involuntary servitude imprisonment upon an American citizen without filing any charges against that citizen

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-24
Waiver of right of respondent Department of the Army to respond filed.
2022-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2022)

Attorneys

Department of the Army
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
John Destin Alexander
John Destin Alexander — Petitioner