No. 21-6296

James Paul Desper v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process familial-association parental-rights prison-regulations prison-visitation
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a prison's indefinite ban on visitation between a minor child and her parent without any particularized justification violates the right of familial association.

II. Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prison's indefinite ban on visitation between a minor child and her parent without any particularized justification violates the right of familial association

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent Harold Clarke, et al. to respond filed.
2021-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Harold Clarke, et al.
Michelle Shane KallenVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
James Paul Desper
Erica Joan HashimotoGeorgetown University Law Center, Petitioner