No. 18-8376

Dee Deidre Farmer v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2019-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer prisoner-civil-action prisoner-rights residence-determination standing venue-requirements
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-04-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a prisoner initiates a civil action in a federal district court should that court deem the prisoner a resident of the state in which she/he resided prior to confinement or the state of his/her place of confinement?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED , ao When a prisoner initiates a civil action in a federal district court should that court deem the prisoner a resident of the state in which she/he resided prior to confinement or the state of his/her place of confinement? When a prisoner brings a civil action in a federal district court asserting Bivens-type claims does that court have jurisdiction to transfer those Bivens claims to another judicial : district when those claims could not have been originally brought in that district since none of the named defendants reside or work in that district and none of the events and omissions giving "tise to the action are situated in that district? a ; . . * a

Docket Entries

2019-04-22
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-04-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
2019-03-29
Waiver of right of respondent UNITED STATES to respond filed.
2019-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2019)
2019-01-25
Application (18A765) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 4, 2019.
2018-11-22
Application (18A765) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 6, 2018 to February 4, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Dee Deidre Farmer
Dee Deidre Farmer — Petitioner
Dee Deidre Farmer — Petitioner
UNITED STATES
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent