No. 19-5454

Melinda Scott v. Andrew Carlson, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech information-disclosure online-publication privacy privacy-act standing state-action state-actor
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record ; (b) court documents and (c) state records, 'state actors' that violate the Fourth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : (1) Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record ; (b) court documents and (c) state records, “state actors” that violate the Fourth Amendment? ; (2) Are private citizens, who publish on the Internet, private information of others, obtained from federal databases and agencies, “state actors” who have violated The Privacy Act?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 6, 2019)

Attorneys

Melinda Scott
Melinda Scott — Petitioner
Melinda Scott — Petitioner