No. 18-6645

Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the district court's failure to state reasons for certifying lack of good faith, failure to dismiss as frivolous, and failure to allow amendment amount to an erroneous certification?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Do@s the fact that the district court failed to state in writing its reasons for certifying that Petitioner seeking to proceed in ‘Forma pauperis could not be taken in good faith; along with the fact that the district court didinot dismiss Petitioner's claim as frivoloUS; but for failure to state a claim amount to an erroneous certificatéeniofi lack of good faith? Was the district court's departure from any of the multiple and , varying Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as presented in this petit, ion, contraving of an overriding policy; resulting in manifest injustice? Was the district court's failure to give Petitioner leave to amend his pro se complaint a manifest injustice rendering the court's judgment on the merits of the claim voidable?

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2017-09-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2018)

Attorneys

Peyton Hopson
Peyton John Wesley Hopson — Petitioner
Peyton John Wesley Hopson — Petitioner