No. 24A83

Rian G. Waters v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-23
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: civil-rights-conspiracy federal-proceeding pro-se-litigation section-1985 state-action witness-intimidation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.) Did the Ninth Circuit err by disregarding this court's case law without any reasoning including;

A. All injuries to a party's person or property caused by a conspiracy to obstruct a federal proceeding are compensable under 1985(2) Haddle v. Garrison, 525 U.S. 121, 125 (1998)

B. Defendants' have knowledge of everything presented to their attorney under Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 627 (1962)

C. There is no class requirement under the first clause of 1985(2) Kush v. Rutledge, 460 U.S. 719, 726, 103 S.Ct. 1483, 1487, 75 L.Ed.2d 413 (1983)

D. The state action inquiry requires considering all facts and theories together. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922, 939 (1982)

2.) Whether a state charging a Defendant with 17 witness intimidation related charges including a conspiracy with a police dispatcher to use police databases to help target witnesses, and judges in that case deciding the Defendant showed a pattern of systemic witness intimidation, make the Lower Court's mischaracterization of numerous relevant facts and conclusory approval of Section 1983 and 1985 conspiracies that are similar but even more extreme a plain error.

3.) Did the Lower Courts err by characterizing murder threats to hinder a plaintiff and threats to keep punishing his witness by harassing her family and customers until she wanted to commit suicide as being innocent political activity.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pro se plaintiff can establish a viable civil rights conspiracy claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) when alleging witness intimidation and obstruction of a federal proceeding

Docket Entries

2024-07-24
Application (24A83) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 29, 2024.
2024-07-19
Application (24A83) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 31, 2024 to September 29, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Rian Waters
Rian G. Waters — Petitioner