No. 18-9023

Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-26
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess FirstAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED The appeal was determined to be taken in bad-faith on the following issues: First, an issue of first impression raises the question of whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked by a party who was deprived of an opportunity to preserve the issues for appellate review based on the denial of an extension of time to file Objections by the District Court. This issue directly impedes a party’s ability to establish claims warrant a jury trial by precluding them from vital discovery on closely related claims, resulting in the dismissal of indispensable Defendants, while other claims are allowed to proceed to discovery against other involved Defendants. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to give Petitioner the benefit of the prison mailbox rule established by this Court in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) and actually misrepresents the date that a motion for extension of time was filed thereby excepting itself from accepting a properly raised claim of abuse of discretion and depriving Petitioner of . review for the merits of each question brought before this Court. Secondly, the Colorado Department of Corrections has a long history of violating due process protections set forth by this Court in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 538 (1974), violating prisoners' right to pursue post-conviction claims, and punishing prisoners for exercising their right to petition to state courts for relief. The Tenth Circuit subscribes to the customs practiced by prison officials which nullify the purposes of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997. In accomplishing the effects of this prevailing pact between the judicial and executive branches of government, Petitioner faces an unsustainable condition of confinement on the following question which, if reviewed, would further the interests of justice in the federal courts by awarding state prisoners with federal relief supplementary to the state relief already obtained. Petitioner’s case asks this Court to decide the following questions of significant importance in prisoner rights cases: WHETHER THE COLLATERAL ORDER DOCTRINE, 28 U.S.C. §1292, SHOULD APPLY IN INSTANCES WHERE OBJECTIONS FILED BY A PRO-SE PRISONER TO A MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN PRETRIAL STAGES OF LITIGATION WERE PRECLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE DENIAL OF A MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE OBJECTIONS? WHETHER 42 U.S.C. §1983 RELIEF IS WARRANTED FOR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS AGAINST PRISON OFFICIALS WHEN THE PRISONER WAS THE PREVAILING PARTY IN SUBSTANIALLY REALTED STATE CLAIMS AND HAS RECEIVED ONLY PARTIAL RELIEF IN STATE PROCEEDINGS? ii

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
2019-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2018-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Keith C. Brooks
Keith Clayton Brooks — Petitioner
Keith Clayton Brooks — Petitioner