Altony Brooks v. Sergeant Sheila Johnston, et al.
Eleventh Amendment Immunity: Whether the Eleventh Amendment was improperly invoked to dismiss Petitioner's state-law assault and battery claim against a government official sued in her individual capacity - a decision that conflicts with this Court's precedent (e.g. Hafer v. Melo) holding that state officials have no Eleventh Amendment immunity in personal-capacity suits
Excessive Force and Due Process: Whether a state officer's use of excessive force against Petitioner during the pendency of Petitioner's state post-conviction relief (PCR) proceeding violated Petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - particularly in light of Hudson v. McMillian, which recognizes that the wanton infliction of pain on a prisoner is unconstitutional even absent serious injury
Judicial Misconduct - Delay and Dismissal: Whether Petitioner was deprived of due process and a fair trial by the federal district court's handling of his civil rights action - where the case languished for six years and was effectively derailed by the court's abrupt dismissal of key claims on the eve of trial - and whether such extreme delay and last-minute judicial action amounts to misconduct or an abuse of discretion warranting this Court's supervisory review.
Denial of State Post-Conviction Appellate Review: Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Petitioner's PCR case and then to dismiss that writ as improvidently granted - thereby providing no appellate review of Petitioner's substantial post-conviction claims-violated Petitioner's right to due process or access to the courts, raising constitutional concerns about the fundamental fairness of South Carolina's post-conviction relief process
Question not identified.