No. 22-7798

Rifat Shafique v. Equity Residential Management, L.L.C.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2023-06-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment due-process eviction-proceedings free-speech landlord-tenant remote-hearings standing takings
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an initial order declaring default against party who does not consent to remote hearings constitute violation of a person's natural rights, Article 1, Section 9, Article 4 Section 4, and Amendment 1 of the Constitution for the United States.

Whether compelling proceedings under magistrates in the District of Columbia Courts without a party's consent constitute violation of the 3rd, 5th, and 14th Amendments of the Constitution.

Whether a state court's refusal to acknowledge removal of a civil action to the federal courts, violates the 14th Amendment.

Whether the forcing of a proceeding in a branch of a court that has no judge, but only magistrates, with no occasion for review, or discovery, violates the 3rd, 7th and 14th Amendment.

Whether the allowance of a proceeding without establishing personal or subject matter jurisdiction violates the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 14th Amendments.

Whether the taking and handing of a person's personal property, and erasing of her rights, under allegation of a debt, violates the Takings Clause of the 5th, and 8th Amendment.

Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interests, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of the 8th Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an initial order declaring default against party who does not consent to remote hearings constitute violation of a person's natural rights, Article 1, Section 9, Article 4 Section 4, and Amendment 1 of the Constitution for the United States

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-22
Application (22A1096) denied by The Chief Justice.
2023-06-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2023)
2023-06-06
Application (22A1096) for writ of injunction, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Rifat Shafique
Rifat Shafique — Petitioner