No. 24-7085

Howard Jefferson Atkins v. Guy Bousch, Warden

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2025-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation due-process juvenile-jurisdiction legislative-intent separation-of-powers state-courts
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine (United States Constitution Amendment XIV §1) and United States Supreme Court precedent (Kent v. U.S., 383 U.S. 541, 86 S.Ct. 1045 (1966)) when it rendered an opinion granting concurrent jurisdiction to the state circuit courts with the state juvenile courts over juveniles alleged to be delinquent, in direct contravention of a legislative statute giving the state juvenile courts "exclusive original jurisdiction" over juveniles alleged to be delinquent?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine by granting concurrent jurisdiction to state circuit courts over juvenile delinquency cases contrary to legislative statute

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-05-23
Waiver of right of respondent Guy Bousch, Warden to respond filed.
2025-04-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2025)

Attorneys

Guy Bousch, Warden
John Gordon CerisanoTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Howard Atkins
Howard Jefferson Atkins — Petitioner