No. 23-7525

Stanley Waldron v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2024-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment due-process equal-protection hard-labor involuntary-servitude state-liability thirteenth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BARRED BY THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AT
HARD LABOR FOR A CLASS OF OFFENDERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN DULY CONVICTED?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the State of Louisiana barred by the Thirteenth Amendment from punishing involuntary servitude at hard labor for a class of offenders without due conviction?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-05-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Stanley Waldron
Stanley Waldron — Petitioner