No. 21-5465

Kent Glen Williams v. Alan Stewart, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection free-speech petition pro-se-litigant procedural-requirements section-1983 standing
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the United States District court for the District of Idaho Local Rule 342, which imposes only pro se litigants a twenty (20) page limit on civil rights petitions (42 U.S.C. § 1983), violate the Test of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Whether rule 342 violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment since it only targets and judges warrant pose Prisoners who cannot afford an attorney to file merit 42 use § 1983 complaints for them.

Whether rule 342 violates the right to petition under the First Amendment and undermines petitions.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Rule 3.2 of the Idaho Department of Correction violates the First, Fourteenth, and Petition Clauses of the U.S. Constitution

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Kent Glen Williams
Kent Glen Williams — Petitioner