No. 18A1292

Steven L. Barnes v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2019-06-11
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: certiorari due-process fundamental-rights prison-officials supreme-court time-extension
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state supreme court's denial of a prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari violates due process and fundamental fairness when prison officials allegedly impeded the prisoner's ability to timely file

Docket Entries

2019-06-12
Application (18A1292) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 20, 2019.
2019-05-13
Application (18A1292) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 21, 2019 to July 20, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Steven L. Barnes
Steven Louis Barnes — Petitioner
Steven Louis Barnes — Petitioner