No. 23-5431

Bryan K. Brown v. Ron Neal, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus prison-law-library strickland-standard strickland-test
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-10-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

The Court of Appeals opinion substantially departs from law and practice by finding that the Defendant's actions, which the court deemed "negligent", did not satisfy the bar to constitute a violation of Brown's Constitution-right to access to the prison law library, causing Brown to miss his deadline for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on habeas review.

The Court of Appeals decision, that Brown's "Strickland claim", did not satisfy "Knight's" "potentially meritorious claim" test, was contrary to the previous "Knight" court.

Should the United States Supreme Court have been allowed to answer Brown's question of rather Brown should be charged with Felony Murder, U.S.C.S. § 1, when the January 6 rioters were not?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the Defendant's negligent actions did not violate the Plaintiff's constitutional right to access the prison law library

Docket Entries

2023-10-30
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
2023-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent Ron Neal, Warden, et al. to respond filed.
2023-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)

Attorneys

Bryan K. Brown
Bryan K. Brown — Petitioner
Neal, Warden, et al.
Thomas M. Fisher — Respondent