No. 23-5370
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights due-process legal-research lewis-v-casey post-conviction-appeal pro-se-prisoner procedural-bar procedural-bars
Latest Conference:
2023-10-13
Question Presented (from Petition)
After a state has violated Lewis v. Casey by actively denying access to legal research facilities to a pro se prisoner on an initial post-conviction appeal, should the state then be allowed to place state procedural bars on the inmate for failure to present a claim on this initial appeal? Can the state place this procedural bar without first analyzing the Lewis vs. Casey denial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state can place procedural bars on a pro se prisoner's initial post-conviction appeal after denying the prisoner access to legal research facilities in violation of Lewis v. Casey
Docket Entries
2023-10-16
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
2023-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2023)
Attorneys
Charles A. Dyer
Charles Alan Dyer — Petitioner