Centofanti is a state prisoner litigating the appeal of the denial of his state collateral review proceedings in the Nevada Court of Appeals and Nevada Supreme Court. During the pendency of those proceedings, Centofanti was diagnosed and treated for stage IV cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma). Additionally, the institution he was housed at initiated COVID-19 protocols which locked down the facility including the prison law library.

Centofanti made multiple requests for relief to stay the proceedings during diagnosis and treatment, and also until he was allowed to access the law library. Alternatively, requests were made to refer the matter to a pro bono counsel program, or to appoint counsel. All of these requests were denied. The matter was, over objection, submitted for decision, rehearing, and review, and also denied.

The questions presented for review were presented in briefs, motions, supplements, and a fully briefed Petition for Review (Petition, Answer, Reply) and denied on the merits, but without Centofanti being provided access to the Courts.

Question One: Whether the denial of a pro se inmate with stage IV cancer's requests to extend filing deadlines, stay the proceedings, refer the appeal to a pro bono program, or to appoint counsel to either accommodate or assist one with a medical disability was a denial of Due Process, and Equal Protection Rights under the U.S. Constitution and a further violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Question Two: Whether Nevada courts abdicated their responsibilities by failing to allow challenges to prison COVID-19 restrictions that denied inmates access to the Courts?

Whether the denial of a pro se inmate with stage IV cancer's requests to extend filing deadlines, stay the proceedings, refer the appeal to a pro bono program, or to appoint counsel to either accommodate or assist one with a medical disability was a denial of Due Process, and Equal Protection Rights under the U.S. Constitution and a further violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act?