No. 25-7087

Norman L. Scott, Sr. v. Trina Ragsdale

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2026-03-23
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-delay anti-retroactivity-statute child-support-modification due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment vested-rights
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, as interpreted in Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 455 U.S. 422 (1982), by applying an anti-retroactivity statute to extinguish relief sought in timely filed child support modification motions, where denial of relief resulted from administrative delay in a separate federal disability proceeding not attributable to the litigant.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by applying an anti-retroactivity statute to extinguish relief sought in timely filed child support modification motions where denial of relief resulted from administrative delay in a separate federal disability proceeding not attributable to the litigant

Docket Entries

2026-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2026)

Attorneys

Norman L. Scott
Norman Lee Scott Sr. — Petitioner