No. 21-7045

Michael James Hoffman v. Arizona Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2022-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process free-speech legal-mail mail-obstruction obstruction-of-mail prison-communication takings
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did Anoc violate Petihonec's constitutional right tobe secuce inthis papers, dnd to du o-pcocess. of lan by comoving his documents te tne U 'S.Supcem eLouck frome _the_ prison! 5 authoriz ed depository for the U.S RostalSeauef =

2, Did ADOC, by com oving Retitio aec's. mail from -the.pcisoa's USPS depositony,, and ___
_by feleify, og-a USPS docu ant to conceal _its Hrelt, violate. Lode. callowes,

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| ___+ fp uses i702 Thal of mail anatter by of fice Coctrployee.

3, Did ADOC violate Poti Honec's constitubonal eight to.due.peocess shen it fi a
| interfered with, the a-simnply denied his kelephone.access to the Supreme Cock?

-—_1__Did ADOC violate Petihionec's constitutional cight to due process by cceating
_cules, specific to Pebhonec, in-ordec to pcevent hi m_frorholding GEO Legal Mail
| ___actountable for bis. parcels that donot coach the local post office?

|S Does a prison violate o peisonec's_constituhonal_ci diit_to_due process by.nat provi ding _
___inodeen_(securce) access to the. courts, in acdec tog overn his documentation that
wall actually reach the courts?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did ADOC violate Petitioner's constitutional rights to free-speech, due-process, and access-to-courts by removing his documents from the authorized USPS depository and interfering with his telephone access to the Supreme Court?

Docket Entries

2022-09-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-08-18
DISTRIBUTED.
2022-04-29
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-24
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona Department of Corrections to respond filed.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2021-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Arizona Department of Corrections
Andrew Stuart ReillyOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Michael James Hoffman
Michael James Hoffman — Petitioner