No. 23-816

In Re Shiva Akula

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights conflict-of-interest district-court due-process financial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal recusal standing venue
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Does the law demand that the district court judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana are obligated to disclose their financial holdings and conflicts of interest?

(2) Should this Court have stayed the case upon the prior January 2023 application, until U.S.D.J. Africk had disclosed ALL his financial holdings and conflicts of interest?

(3) Should this Court have transferred the case out of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana upon the prior January 2023 petition?

(4) Should U.S.D.J. Africk's conflicted state render null and void all orders, judgments and verdicts entered in the case?

(5) Should U.S.D.J. Africk's conflicted state render 'un-safe' the November 6, 2023, conviction of Petitioner, Dr. Shiva Akula?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does district-court-judges have-to-disclose-financial-holdings

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-25

Attorneys

In Re Shiva Akula
Shiva Akula — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent