No. 18-6687

Hilda T. Kennedy v. Frederic A. Pollock

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2018-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fee-waiver indigent-rights pauperis standing transcript transcript-fees trial-transcript
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court on appeal a constitutional entitlement?

Can New Jersey limit it's waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court, on appeal, on a case by case basis?

Is the exorbitant fee, highest in the nation, for transcribing a trial court on appeal an illegal form of discrimination against pauperis petitions in New Jersey seeking due process protection?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court on appeal a constitutional entitlement?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-27
Waiver of right of respondent Frederic A. Pollock to respond filed.
2018-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2018)

Attorneys

Frederic A. Pollock
Stewart G. MilchGoldberg Segalla LLP, Respondent
Hilda T. Kennedy
Hilda T. Kennedy — Petitioner