Mark Jervis v. Richard Brown, Warden
DueProcess FirstAmendment HabeasCorpus
Does the District Court have the inherent power to rectify its own mistakes after creating a system that makes it nearly impossible for prisoners to check the status of their cases?
QUESTION PRESENTED I. The District Court mandates that all prisoner communications to and from the court be transmitted via the E-Filing system. Per policy, prisoners cannot mail letters to the District Court, and the prison’s legal librarian will not check the docket. Due to no fault of his own, Jervis did not receive the judgment denying his Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The District recalled and reissued the order, which was deemed ineffectual, and the appeal was dismissed. Does the District Court have the inherent power to rectify its own mistakes after creating a system that makes it nearly impossible for prisoners to check the status of their cases? Il. Trial counsel was ineffective in violation of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Ill. Appellate counsel was ineffective in violation of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. 2