No. 25-5615

Shahram Shakouri v. Scott Becker, former Judge, 219th Judicial District Court of Texas, Collin County, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process filing-fee fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceeding poverty-exception
Latest Conference: 2025-11-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the motion of this poverty-stricken Petitioner for extension of time to pay the filing fee, denied him the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding where his federal rights and his liberty was at stake?

(1) Whether the district court erred in concluding that Petitioner's claim was inextricably intertwined with the state court's decision; and

(2) Whether Petitioner's suit would not have been dismissed under inextricably intertwined framing, and would have ultimately succeeded if headed in another forum within the jurisdictions of the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 11th circuits?

(1) Whether the district court's failure to account for Petitioner's reliance on this Court's precedents was an abuse of discretion; and

(2) Whether the district court's failure to explain why Petitioner's claims did not pass the Wilkinson's or Skinner's test unjustly prejudice his substantial rights to the point of denying him a fair review of his complaint?

(1) Whether the district court clearly erred in concluding that Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred Petitioner's suit; and

(2) Whether the district court erred in dismissing the suit, concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case?

(1) Whether this Court's holding in Feldman, Exxon, Wilkinson, Skinner, or Reed leaves any room for the view that since Petitioner challenged the legality of the TCCA's 'standing order', and asked for injuctive relief, a federal court is authorized to construe his § 1983 cause of action as a reqeust for mandamus relief; and

(2) Whet

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a poverty-stricken Petitioner's motion for extension of time to pay the filing fee, thereby denying meaningful judicial proceeding participation

Docket Entries

2025-11-17
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Shahram Shakouri
Shahram Shakouri — Petitioner