No. 24-6123

Michael Ray Senn v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status penalty-enhancement sexual-assault
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a penalty provision of the Texa s sexual assault statute, which
provides for an increased penalty if the offender was married at the time
of the offense, violate a defendant's right to equal protection of the lawsunder the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a penalty provision of the Texas sexual assault statute that increases penalties based on marital status violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-08
Waiver of Bobby Lumpkin of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-08
Waiver of right of respondent Bobby Lumpkin to respond filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 10, 2025)

Attorneys

Bobby Lumpkin
Justine Isabelle Caedo TanOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Michael Ray Senn
William Reynolds BiggsWILLIAM R. BIGGS, PLLC, Petitioner