No. 19-6868

Leigh Laz LePon v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2019-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: claims-processing due-process fair-and-impartial-tribunal fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-impartiality partisan-advocacy privileges-and-immunities subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state district-court judge violated the Fourteenth Amendment's privileges and immunities clause as well as the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' due process guarantee

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. WHETHER THE STATE DISTRICT-COURT JUDGE VIOLATED THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT’S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES CLAUSE AS WELL AS THE FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS’ DUE PROCESS GUARANTEE THAT A CAUSE SHALL BE HEARD BY A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL VIA THE JUDGE ACTING IN A MANNER TANTAMOUNT TO PARTISAN ADVOCACY? IJ. WHETHER THE STATE OF IOWA VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT WHEN THE IOWA COURT OF APPEALS REFUSED TO APPLY CLEARLY ESTABLISHED AND WELL-SETTLED LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF STATE LAW TO THE FACTS OF THE INSTANT MATTER IN ORDER TO CONVERT A NONJURISDICTIONAL CLAIM PROCESSING RULE INTO A RULE WITH JURISDICTIONAL CONSEQUENCES? _ III. WHETHER THIS COURT’S DECISIONS DEFINING THE LEGAL TERM “SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION” — AND THE CORRESPONDING AUBURN BRIGHT LINE _ TEST CONCERNING NONJURISDICTIONAL STATUTORY TIME LIMITS AND CLAIMS PROCESSING RULES — ARE ENFORCEABLE UPON THE STATES VIA THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION’S SUPREMACY CLAUSE, FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES CLAUSE, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT, AND THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT’S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, EQUAL PROTECTION, AND DUE PROCESS PROVISIONS? u

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Iowa to respond filed.
2019-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Leigh LePon
Leigh Laz Lepon — Petitioner
Leigh Laz Lepon — Petitioner
State of Iowa
Kevin CmelikIowa Department of Justice, Respondent
Kevin CmelikIowa Department of Justice, Respondent