No. 23-7429

Todd Giffen v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit error by affirming the district courts ruling dismissing Petitioners habeas corpus for failing to put the habeas corpus on the court's prescribed forms pursuant to a local rule, infringing on petitioner's right to handwrite the petition and have it liberally construed, to have the judge gather other facts not on the record and dispere them to the records of the case, and to have justice delt under FRCivP 8(e).

2. Shouldn't the district court have at least liberally construed the habeas corpus petition as a conditions of confinement habeas corpus and granted some form of emergency relief as petitioner was placed in unconstitutional solitary confinement which is clearly established law?

3. Don't incompetent FRCivP 17(c) and habeas corpus petitioners have a right to court appointed counsel to amend petitions?

4. Don't judges have a duty to protect?

5. What accommodations must a judge order to permit a person to communicate with the court.

6. Is there a full civil Gideon/right to counsel in civil/habeas corpus cases?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent Biden, Joseph R., et al. to respond filed.
2024-04-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)

Attorneys

Biden, Joseph R., et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Todd Giffen
Todd Giffen — Petitioner