No. 24-6806

Torrey-Tyree Lewis v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure procedural-due-process property-seizure replevin
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

"Does the seizure of all the Petitioners belongings, without providing notice or obtaining consent, and based on a writ that wasn't addressed to the Petitioner, violate the procedural due process protections guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?"

"Does the seizure of property without prior notice or an opportunity for a hearing, as permitted by certain replevin statutes, violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment?"

"Whether the denial of due process by state judicial officials, who have taken a constitutional oath to protect the rights of individuals, in a replevin case violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of procedural due process, thereby warranting review by the Supreme Court of the United States"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the seizure of all the Petitioners' belongings, without providing notice or obtaining consent, and based on a writ that wasn't addressed to the Petitioner, violate the procedural due process protections guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2025-08-18
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-07-24
DISTRIBUTED.
2025-06-02
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-04-17
Waiver of right of respondent Wilmington Savings Fund Society to respond filed.
2025-02-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Torrey-Tyree Lewis
Torrey-Tyree Lewis — Petitioner
Wilmington Savings Fund Society
Christine L. BarbaBallard Spahr, LLP, Respondent