No. 25-6197

Edmund Lowell Fields v. Fredeane Artis, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-relief ministerial-duties notice-requirements
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

I.
PER THE MINISTERIAL DUTIES SET FORTH IN FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
4(a)(6) DOES "ACTUAL NOTICE" SUPERSEDE "FORMAL NOTICE," AND SHOULD THE RULE'S
"PERMISSIBLE LANGUAGE" CONCERNING GRANTING RELIEF SUPERSEDE ITS "EQUITABLE
INTENT"?

II.
IS IT EQUITABLE TO PERMIT THE SAME PARTY THAT DEPRIVED FIELDS OF DUE PROCESS
[BY FAILING TO PROVIDE HIM "FORMAL NOTICE" PER FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE 77(d) AS REQUIRED .BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 4(a)(6)]
TO BE THE ONLY PARTY THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE HHETHER OR NOT HE-SHALL
BE GRANTED RELIEF ON THE AFORESAID VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether ministerial duties under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6) regarding 'actual notice' and 'formal notice' create an equitable basis for due process relief

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-11
Waiver of right of respondent Fredeane Artis, Warden to respond filed.
2025-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)

Attorneys

Edmund L. Fields
Edmund Lowell Fields — Petitioner
Fredeane Artis, Warden
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent