No. 21-5721

In Re Michael Wappler

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2021-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison-conditions
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

IS PETITIONER WHO HAS TWICE SUFFERED COVID-19 INFECTIONS WITH RELATED DUAL-PNEUMONIA WHO IS AMONG A GROUP OF PRISONERS IDENTIFIED BY THE CDC AS A VULNERABLE PERSON AT IMMINENT RISK OF COVID-19'S MORE CONTAGIOUS VARIANT 'D' STRAIN ENTITLED TO EARLY RELEASE TO PROBATION WHICH WILL OCCUR WITHIN TEN MONTHS OR SOONER REGARDLESS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prisoner who is among a group identified by the CDC as vulnerable to the more contagious COVID-19 'D' variant is entitled to early release to probation under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-03
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

Michael Wappler
Michael J. Wappler — Petitioner