No. 21-6805
Louis Roy Chapman v. Phyllis Smith, et al.
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process judicial-bias judicial-recusal jury-trial procedural-error recusal standing summary-judgment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment FirstAmendment Punishment
DueProcess FourthAmendment FirstAmendment Punishment
Latest Conference:
2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER THE HONORABLE JOHN A GIBNEY, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT JUDGE, IN THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION, ERRORED WHEN HE DID NOT
RECUSE HIMSELF, PURSUANT TO 42 USCA SECTIONS 144 AND 455 AS HE
HAD DONE BEFORE.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT MADE AN ERROR WHEN IT DENIED CHAPMAN
A JURY TRIAL.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT MADE AN ERROR WHEN IT PREMATURELY
DISMISSED ALL CHAPMAN'S CLAIMS BEFORE INTERROGATORIES
AND DISCOVERY.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the district court judge erred in not recusing himself
Docket Entries
2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)
Attorneys
Louis R. Chapman
Louis Roy Chapman — Petitioner