No. 24A282

Linnea W. v. Matthew P.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-09-19
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: custody-trial due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-fees state-court
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the New York State Court of Appeals denied Petitioner her Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, a fair trial and equal protections of the law, and unconstitutionally intruded upon the role of the state legislature when it arbitrarily dispelled its own State laws, and disregarded its prior rulings, requiring the appointment of counsel and/or an award of counsel fees to obtain counsel during a custody trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the New York State Court of Appeals violated a parent's constitutional due process rights by arbitrarily denying legal fees and counsel in a child custody proceeding

Docket Entries

2024-09-19
Application (24A282) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 18, 2024.
2024-09-04
Application (24A282) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 18, 2024 to November 17, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Linnea W.
Linnea W. — Petitioner