No. 25-5833

Braun Thompson v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights government-policy judicial-review legal-access prisoners-rights procedural-protections
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do Citizens have a Constitutional right to clarity of the law, and thus access to the Courts?

2. May prisoners issue the right/as violated by the Adult Authority governing by government policies on reasonable access/knowledge of law, in accordance with the statutory court policies? Specifically PWn Infosys by the Bureau of Prisons Program 131 (U.S.C. § 1983 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e) and this cited Gk. Inmate/Prisoner right to seek relief and petition in a meaningful cause for agency or individual under 5 U.S.C.A. Court finding that the inmate's petition was timely filed and the federal court is statutorily mandated to demonstrate good-faith observation of facts in information, rather than good-faith observation of facts in information?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether citizens have a constitutional right to access the law and challenge government policies through judicial review, specifically addressing prisoners' access to legal knowledge and procedural protections

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2025)
2025-05-22
Application (24A1137) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until June 26, 2025.
2025-04-17
Application (24A1137) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 27, 2025 to June 26, 2025, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Braun Thompson
Braun Thompson — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent