No. 18-7742

Luis A. Serna v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-commitment civil-rights due-process foucha-v-louisiana future-dangerous-behavior heck-doctrine kingsley-v-hendrickson presumption-of-innocence section-1983 speculation state-speculation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the 'Petitioner' entitled to [a] defense of [the] 'presumption of innocence' upon a State's assertion of 'future dangerous behavior' via pure 'speculation'; as a violation of the 5th and 14th Amendment[s] of Due Process standard, fundamentally violate this Court's opinion developed under Foucha v Louisiana 504 US 71 (1992) and/or Kingsley v Hendrickson et.al.,576 US __, (2015)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner Luis A. Serna filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint in the Federal District Court of Minnesota. On January 23 , 2018 the Magistrate recommended dismissal without prejudice citing Heck v Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). “Because judgment in Serna’s favor would necessarily imply the invalidity of his commitment, . Heck applies to bar his claim. Serna v Hennepin County; 17-5221 (PAM/LIB) [Doc. C] On March 23, 2018 the District Court upheld the Magistrate’s Recommendation [Doc. B] [And] the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Serna v Hennepin County 18-1804 . dated October 25, 2018 denied review this case. [Doc. A] The question presented: Is the “Petitioner” entitled to [a] defense of [the] “presumption of innocence” upon a State’s assertion of “future dangerous behavior ” via pure “speculation”; as a violation of the 5" and 14” Amendment[s] of Due Process standard, fundamentally violate this Court’s opinion developed under Foucha v Louisiana 504 US 71 (1992) and/or Kingsley v Hendrickson et.al.,576 US __, (2015)? 2

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-07
Waiver of right of respondent County of Hennepin, Minnesota to respond filed.
2018-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2019)

Attorneys

County of Hennepin, Minnesota
John L. KirwinHennepin County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Luis A. Serna
Luis A. Serna — Petitioner