No. 25-7159

Seth Neil Helgeson v. Dann Edward Greenwood, Judge, District Court of Stark County, North Dakota, et al.

Lower Court: North Dakota
Docketed: 2026-04-07
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: article-vi-clause-3 constitutional-oath federal-question-jurisdiction final-judgment prosecutorial-authority state-court-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state court that accepts jurisdiction, directs adversarial
briefing on preserved federal constitutional claims, and thereafter denies
discretionary relief without resolving those claims has entered a final
judgment reviewable under 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a).

2. Whether Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution requires
that an individual exercising state prosecutorial authority take and
subscribe the constitutional oath before exercising that authority, and
whether a timely structural challenge to that qualification must be
adjudicated.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court that accepts jurisdiction, directs adversarial briefing on preserved federal constitutional claims, and thereafter denies discretionary relief without resolving those claims has entered a final judgment reviewable under 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a), and whether Article VI, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution requires that an individual exercising state prosecutorial authority take and subscribe the constitutional oath before exercising that authority

Docket Entries

2026-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 7, 2026)

Attorneys

Seth Neil Helgeson
Seth Neil Helgeson — Petitioner