No. 23A589

Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2023-12-27
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: article-iii-standing constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution fair-trial first-amendment witness-intimidation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether I have standing to appeal the court's unintelligible refusal to issue a criminal complaint, when the crime is against justice, and my safety, prosperity, and a fair trial is dependent on the state's prosecution.

If so, whether it was an abuse of discretion for the [trial courts] to approve of obvious crimes that are violating Constitutional Rights without any intelligible reason, and for the Single Justice to affirm their denials without any intelligible reason.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a private citizen has Article III standing to seek criminal prosecution for witness intimidation when the alleged harassment threatens the citizen's constitutional right to a fair trial and economic livelihood

Docket Entries

2023-12-28
Application (23A589) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 8, 2024.
2023-12-21
Application (23A589) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2024 to February 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Rian Waters
Rian G. Waters — Petitioner