No. 23-5792

Kevin Chandler v. Ron Neal, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: administrative-hearing delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-decision-maker prisoner-rights retaliation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the defendant violated the plaintiffs rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the-Fourteenth Amendment, as well as I.D.O.C's own Policy 02-04-101, by denying them an impartial decision maker in a DHB hearing, if such denial was retaliatory and vindictive based on the history between the plaintiff and Hearing Officer LT. A. Castaneda.

2. Whether this case presents unique circumstances that justify the plaintiffs delayed filing of an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals, which ultimately led to the dismissal of their appeal for lack of jurisdiction, thereby warranting the consideration of a writ of certiorari.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant violated the plaintiff's rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-01-05
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Neal, Warden to respond filed.
2023-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2023)

Attorneys

Kevin Chandler
Kevin Chandler — Petitioner
Neal, Warden
James Allen BartaOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent