No. 23-5643

In Re Gregory Mercer

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2023-09-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction assignments-of-error constitutional-rights due-process mandamus mandamus-writ procedural-rules rules-of-court supremacy-clause supreme-court-procedure
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-01-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

a) Whether or not the Court of Appeals of Virginia ("COAV ") impeded the
Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Virginia ("SCV ") and/or the
Appellate Jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS ")?

b) Whether or not the Supreme Court of Virginia is impeding the Appellate
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States?

c) Whether or not this Supreme Court of the United States ought to issue a
Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus to the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of
Virginia (S. Bernard Goodwyn) to aid the Appellate Jurisdiction of this
Supreme Court of the United States by ordering the Supreme Court of
Virginia to remand Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Commonwealth of Virginia &
County of Fairfax. SCV Record No. 230354 (previously COAV Record No.
1193-21-4), back to the Court of Appeals of Virginia further ordering the
Court of Appeals of Virginia to: a) compel Appellee County of Fairfax to
appear in COAV Record No. 1193-21-4; b) compel Appellee Commonwealth
of Virginia to file a Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia ("RSCV ") Rules
5A: 19(b)(2) & 5A:21 30-day "Brief of Appellee " responsive to Petitioner 's
5/25/2022 "Opening Brief of Appellant " in COAV Record No. 1193-21-4; c)
compel Appellee County of Fairfax to file a RSCV Rules 5A: 19(b)(2) &
5A:21 30-day "Brief of Appellee " responsive to Petitioner 's 5/25/2022
"Opening Brief of Appellant " in COAV Record No. 1193-21-4; d) provide
Petitioner his RSCV Rules 5A: 19(b)(3) & 5A:22 14-days to reply to each "Brief
of Appellee " filed in COAV Record No. 1193-21-4; then e) return COAV
Record No. 1193-21-4 from the Court of Appeals of Virginia back to the
Supreme Court of Virginia as SCV Record No. 230354 for Supreme Court of
Virginia expedited review before further Supreme Court of the United States
review?

1) Whether or not Judges of the COAV respect that they are bound by the U.S.
Supremacy Clause including where violations of Petitioner 's U.S.
Amendment V, VI, & XIV Rights are alleged? [D14-16, D23-25, D27, D30,
D35]

2) Based on two facts: 1) that the COAV failed to rule on Petitioner 's 7/26/2022
"Pro se Appellant 's Objection and Motion " arguing that the COAV Clerk
misquoted RSCV Rule 5A:20(c) and to grammatically change five Assignment
of Errors simply from Question Form (Whether or not the ... ? [Question
Mark]) to Affirmative Statement Form (The . [Period]) in four copies of a
154-page, bound, 5/25

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia impeded the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Virginia and/or the Supreme Court of the United States

Docket Entries

2024-01-16
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
2023-12-20
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-16
Application (23A317) denied by The Chief Justice.
2023-10-06
Application (23A317) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2023-09-22
Application (23A257) to file petition for an extraordinary writ of mandamus in excess of page limits granted by The Chief Justice. The petition for an extraordinary writ of mandamus may not exceed 44 pages.
2023-08-30
Application (23A257) to file in excess of page limits, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2023-03-19
Petition for a writ of mandamus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2023)

Attorneys

In Re Gregory Mercer
Gregory Shawn Mercer — Petitioner