No. 22-5332

Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2022-08-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court
Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

DID THE LOUISIANA STATE SUPREME COURT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL U.S.
14TH AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION "EQUAL PROTECTION " OF
LAW GUARANTEES WHEN IT REFUSED TO ENTER A VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER
AND THUS SUSTAINED THE CONFLICTING RULING OF A COMPLETE IDENTICAL
CASE HANDED DOWN IN STATE VS. MARTIN, 913 SO-2D 863-869 (LA.) ?

DID THE LOUISIANA STATE SUPREME COURT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL U.S.
14TH AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTTTUTION" EQUAL PROTECTION" OF
LAW WHEN IT SUSTAINED THE REFUSAL TO CONSIDER PETITIONER'S PROSE OUT
OF TIME DIRECT APPEAL BRIEF, THUS IMPROPERLY DEPRIVING RELIEF AND
EFFECTIVELY RENDERING PROSE BRIEFS FILED ON DIRECT APPEAL
MEANINGLESS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Louisiana state supreme court violate the federal U.S. 14th amendment to the federal constitution 'equal protection' of law guarantees

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-09
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2022-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Jerome Mellion
Jerome Mellion — Petitioner
Louisiana
Shae Gary McPhee Jr.Louisiana Department of Justice, Respondent