No. 23-6764

Kevin Ray Morris, Sr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mailroom-misconduct prison-mailroom prisoner-mail procedural-default
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHEN PETITIONER ALLEGED THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO EQUITABLE TOLLING
BASED ON THE PRISON MAILROOM'S MISHANDLING OF PRISONER MAIL,INCLUD-
A SCANDAL INVOLVING PRISON EMPLOYEES THROWING PRISONER'S MAIL IN
THE TRASH, IF THE STATE FAILS TO DENY--PETITIONER ' S ALLEGATIONS SUR
ROUNDING THE ACTIONS OF THE PRISON MAILROOM, DID THE LOWER COURT ERR
IN DENYING PETITIONER'S CLAIM TO EQUITABLE TOLLING?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's claim to equitable tolling based on the prison mailroom's mishandling of prisoner mail, including a scandal involving prison employees throwing prisoner's mail in the trash

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2023-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2024)

Attorneys

Kevin R. Morris
Kevin R. Morris Sr. — Petitioner