No. 18-9226

Anne A. Sears v. Lucas D. Bottorff, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-05-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-checks contract-clause due-process elderly-protection judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-police-power
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment Takings Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

What is the minimum level of judicial checks and balances constitutionally required of the judiciary and each judge when reviewing litigation involving a pro se party?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. What is the minimum level of judicial checks and balances constitutionally required of the judiciary and each judge when reviewing litigation involving a pro se party? II. What is the constitutional balance between the exercise of state police power to protect assets of elderly persons and their estate weighed against the 13th Amendment and Contracts Clause, where the state voids after the death of the mother, a fully executed, performed contract for caregiving aid and orders all payments for services returned to the estate? :

Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-15
Waiver of right of respondents Lucas D. Bottorff, et al. to respond filed.
2019-05-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2019)
2019-02-26
Application (18A866) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 6, 2019.
2019-02-19
Application (18A866) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 6, 2019 to May 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Anne A. Sears
Anne A. Sears — Petitioner
Lucas D. Bottorff, et al.
Lucas Dale BottorffBottorff Law, Respondent