No. 21-658

Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite financial support on an ad hoc and subjective basis and which the non-payment of the support is a felony offense, is unconstitutionally vague on its face only if it is vague in all its applications.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite financial support on an ad hoc and subjective basis and which the non-payment of the support is a felony offense, is unconstitutionally vague on its face only if it is vague in all its applications

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-03-29
Reply of petitioner Rodolfo Canales, Jr. filed.
2022-03-29
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
2022-03-21
Brief of respondents Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-02-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 21, 2022.
2022-02-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2022 to March 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 18, 2022.
2021-12-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2022 to February 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-20
Response Requested. (Due January 19, 2022)
2021-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al.
Judd Edward Stone IITexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Rodolfo Canales, Jr.
Ramiro CanalesCanales PLLC, Petitioner