No. 21-7288

Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force inmate-treatment prison prison-policy standing
Latest Conference: 2022-04-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.) Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful
precedent that would establish that an officer/ prison guard could give a citizen/
inmate an order and without giving the citizen / inmate the opportunity to comply
with those orders use physical force, lethal chemical weapons, deadly force, etc.
without fear of violating the Constitution-so long as the citizen/ inmate doesn 't
state he/ she is willing to comply with orders, or otherwise do or say anything to
indicate that he/ she would comply?

2.) Does the disparity between the rules of the Arkansas prison system, i.e.fprison
officials must give the prisoner the opportunity to comply with an order
before using any force on him/ her) compared to the actual practices of the
Arkansas prison system, i.e.( prisoners must state to officer that lie/ she is
willing to comply to an order or otherwise indicate that he is willing to comply
to an order before force will be used) , create a classic practice of Orwellian
double think that is accepted by the Courts to shield prison officials from liability?

3.) Has the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals shifted the power and authority within
the prison system to the prisoners^ tell prison officials how to implement prison
/
policies and procedures, calling into question its own findings in Treats v.
Morgan, 308 F.3d 868?

4.) In Core judicial inquiry for Eighth Amendment excessive force cases, is
malicious intent shown when an officer gives an inmate an order that the inmate
can't reasonably comply with and uses force under the disguise that the inmate
failed to obey command, failed to tell officer to allow him to follow command, and
failed to indicate that he would follow command ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful precedent that would establish that an officer/prison guard could give a citizen/inmate an order and without giving the citizen/inmate the opportunity to comply with those orders use physical force, lethal chemical weapons, deadly force, etc.—without fear of violating the Constitution so long as the citizen/inmate doesn't state he/she is willing to comply with orders, or otherwise do or say anything to indicate that he/she would comply?

Docket Entries

2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
2022-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2022)

Attorneys

Dexter Payne
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Rolandis L. Chatmon
Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon — Petitioner