No. 21-5440

Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 60(b) civil-procedure death-of-mother federal-habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-relief medication procedural-motion rule-60b untimely-filing
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

"Whether the Federal Reviewing Courts abused their discretion in denying Petitioner's F.R.C.P. 60(b) when Petitioner's assertion of being on high doses of medication; and the death of his mother were valid grounds to override Petitioner's untimely filing of his §2254 Federal Habeas Corpus, thereby allowing Petitioner's amended version should be heard on the merits in this proceeding pursuant to established federal laws?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Reviewing Courts abused their discretion in denying Petitioner's F.R.C.P. 60(b)

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent state of florida to respond filed.
2021-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Joseph A. Dixon
Joseph A. Dixon — Petitioner
state of florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent