No. 18A1338

Robert Chester v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2019-06-19
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: access-to-courts constitutional-rights indigent-prisoner legal-research prison-law-library pro-se-litigation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional rights are violated when restricted access to a prison law library substantially impedes preparation of a post-conviction legal filing

Docket Entries

2019-06-21
Application (18A1338) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 12, 2019.
2019-06-11
Application (18A1338) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2019 to August 12, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Robert Chester
Robert Chester — Petitioner
Robert Chester — Petitioner