No. 24-5053
Patrick Keith Hirt v. Amber Sundquist, Superintendent, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts bounds-v-smith constitutional-provisions habeas-corpus lewis-v-casey prison-officials prisoners-rights procedural-default supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the State of Oregon violate this Court's holdings in Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 and Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, when prison officials impeded access to courts and proximately caused petitioner procedural default and dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus in an initial-review collateral proceeding where there was no counsel?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the State of Oregon violate this Court's holdings in Bounds v. Smith and Lewis v. Casey when prison officials impeded access to courts and proximately caused petitioner procedural default and dismissal of a habeas corpus petition?
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent Amber Sundquist to respond filed.
2024-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2024)
Attorneys
Amber Sundquist
Benjamin Noah Gutman — Oregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Patrick K. Hirt
Patrick Keith Hirt — Petitioner