No. 25A569

Eric Drake v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: deferred-adjudication due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment probation subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Court may stay or render void, the entire state deferred probation order entered by a judge who lacked subject-matter jurisdiction, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due-Process and Equal Protection Clause, pending its disposition of Applicant's writ of certiorari.

2. Whether, in the alternative, the Court may stay all travel restriction conditions, and the electronic-monitoring requirement imposed by that order, in violation of the Fourteenth, Fourth, and Eighth Amendments, because compliance would cause imminent, irreparable harm to the Applicant.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's deferred probation order violates due process and equal protection when imposed by a judge lacking subject-matter jurisdiction

Docket Entries

2025-11-20
Application (25A569) denied by Justice Alito.
2025-11-10
Application (25A569) for injunctive relief, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Eric Drake
Eric Drake — Petitioner