No. 21-6480
Francisco C. Martinez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sandin-v-conner
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MISAPPLIED THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION OF
SANDIN V. CONNER, 515 U.S. 472 (1995), TO THE PETITIONER 'S CASE,
TO THE EXTENT THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND THE SECOND CIRCUIT.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the district court and the court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit misapplied the Supreme Court's decision of Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995), to the petitioner's case
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)
Attorneys
Francisco Martinez
Francisco C. Martinez — Petitioner