No. 22-6738

Melvin G. Simms v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-report magistrate-review summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2023-03-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment Without A Magistrate's Report and Recommendation.

Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Erred In Refusing Petitioner A Certificate of Appealability.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment Without A Magistrate's Report and Recommendation

Docket Entries

2023-03-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
2023-02-13
Waiver of right of respondent Donald Ames to respond filed.
2023-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2023)

Attorneys

Donald Ames
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Melvin G. Simms
Melvin Simms — Petitioner