No. 22-6198

Darrel Thorn v. Racetrac Petroleum, Incorporated

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-leniency meaningful-opportunity pro-se pro-se-litigation standing
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

This case raise the question whether the procedural treatment currently to Pro-Se Litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leiniency is required to preserve the litigants meaningful opportunity to be heard?

Particularly given the leiniency typically afforded Pro-Se litigants that unfortunate series of events should not deprive petitioner of his day in court. As the court recognized on several occasions ovigating the appellate process without a lawyer 's assistance is a perilous endeavor for a lay person. (Halbert V. Michigan, 545 U.S. 605, 621 (2005).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the procedural treatment currently afforded to pro-se litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leniency is required to preserve the litigant's meaningful opportunity to be heard

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Darrel Thorn
Darrel Thorn — Petitioner