No. 25A182

Morgan Joseph Langan v. Chip Davis, et al.

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-protections due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines petition-rights republican-form-of-government
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a local government, imposes excessive fines in violation of Amendment VIII
to the Constitution; can the right to petition the government for redress be denied by local
courts and the highest court in the state?

Does an Arizona citizen, acting in good faith, give up private property rights
guaranteed to citizens of other states by the Constitution when a lower court determines he
did not comply with court rules and procedures?

Does the United States avoid its guarantee of a Republican form of government to
Arizona and its citizens when it allows the Arizona supreme court to knowingly condone
lower state court orders that impose excessive fines contrary to both the Constitution and
this Court's order?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits local governments from imposing excessive fines that violate constitutional protections and deny citizens' rights to petition for redress

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Application (25A182) denied by the Court.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-11-05
Application (25A182) referred to the Court.
2025-09-05
Application (25A182) refiled and submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2025-08-13
Application (25A182) denied by Justice Kagan.
2025-07-09
Application (25A182) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Morgan Langan
Morgan Joseph Langan — Petitioner