No. 25-5016

General Parker v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-justice civil-rights due-process pro-se-litigant rooker-feldman-doctrine statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the clerk's office's failure to file the petitioner's complaint and motion for an extension of time constitute a denial of access to the courts, in violation of the petitioner's constitutional rights?

2. Did the lower courts improperly apply a two-year statute of limitations to dismiss the petitioner's claims, and should the statute have been tolled due to procedural errors or other equitable considerations?

3. Did the lower courts fail to provide the petitioner, a pro se litigant, with the opportunity to amend his complaint, contrary to the established principle that courts must afford leniency to pro se plaintiffs, thus did the Lower Court Decided an Important Federal Question in a Way that Conflicts with Relevant Decisions of this Court?

4. Did the state court judgment violate due process and lack jurisdiction due to fraud and improper service of the summons, as alleged by the petitioner?

5. Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar a federal court from hearing a claim for monetary damages when the plaintiff does not seek to overturn a state court judgment, and did the lower courts misapply this doctrine in dismissing the petitioner's claims?

6. Did the lower courts err in dismissing the petitioner's claims of conspiracy and retaliatory eviction, which, if substantiated, raise significant constitutional questions regarding the denial of his rights?

7. Did the lower courts err in failing to appoint counsel for the petitioner, given the complexity of the case and the petitioner's status as a pro se litigant, thereby denying him a fair opportunity to present his claims?

8. Did the lower courts err in concluding that the petitioner failed to state a claim for retaliatory eviction under the Illinois Retaliatory Eviction Act, and did they deny the petitioner a fair opportunity to amend his complaint?

9. Were Petitioner's Constitutional Rights violated (i.e. due process, equal protection, Civil Rights Act of 1964)?

10. Does the District Court's decision conflict with U.S. Case law?

11. Does the Appellate Court's Decision Regarding Claims Against Improper Parties Conflict

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 7th Circuit's dismissal of a pro se litigant's civil rights complaint constitutes a denial of access to courts and violates due process

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2025)

Attorneys

General Parker
General Parker — Petitioner
HUD
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent