No. 19-5060

Derrick Washington v. Carol A. Mici, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Correction

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment anti-terrorism anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus incarceration life-without-parole sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Congress' 1996 Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) unconstitutional, as it unnecessarily snuffs out convicted persons' abilities to seek review of an erroneous conviction, subjecting them to a cruel and unusual penalty of punishment through unjustifiable incarceration?

Question Presented (from Petition)

No question identified. : QUESTION: (S) PRESENTED 1. Is Congress’ 1996 Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) unconstitutional, as it unnecessarily snuffs : out conwi¢ted persons abilities to seek review of an erroneous conviction, subjecting them to a cruel and unusual penalty of punishment through unjustifiable incarceration? 2. Life Without the possibility of Parole (LWOP) prison sentences constitutes an unconstitutional, state sanctioned practice . of indefinite slavery, violating the U.S. Constitution's Article IV Section 4, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendents.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Mici, Comm'r, MA DOC to respond filed.
2019-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Derrick Washington
Derrick Washington — Petitioner
Derrick Washington — Petitioner
Mici, Comm'r, MA DOC
Thomas E. BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas E. BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent