No. 19-7060

Kent Glen Williams v. Brooks, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process first-amendment free-speech rlulpa standing 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim court-order due-process health-screening judicial-relief prisoner-rights religious-freedom standing
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was prisoners constitutional and statutory right to petition and religious freedoms violated when the district court dismissed his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit against jail guards for refusing to comply with the court's order to undergo a Department of Corrections directed 'health screening' unrelated to the claims in the underlying suit?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Was prisoners constitutional and statutory right fe Petition and felugtous Freedoms Violated whew the Disttich couct dismyssed his 4a vse $1993 (aus suit against Jo) guards for Fong *o comply With the courts order 7 undergo a Department of Corrections directed “Health screening, unfelated to the claims in the under ling suit e RA tioner asks this court to decide if Ais Fight to petition onder GA@ Lest and Loucteewth Amevdment was violated whes the district court ordered petitioner 4 Consert to an open ended, unspecified Departmevt of corrections “health screenings thew dismissed fhe suit Whew petitioner did not agree fo comply with the order. A “Health screening flat was fequested by the defendant of fhe Jaw suit and vinceleved fo the claims jn the suit, And jor Ma the dismissal of fle Jaw suit Violate Perroners feholous Freedoms under the first Amwdmevt ond RLULPA.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-30
Reply of petitioner Kent Williams filed. (Distributed)
2020-01-22
Brief of respondents Brooks, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2020)
2019-11-05
Application (19A496) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 27, 2019.
2019-10-25
Application (19A496) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 27, 2019 to December 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Brooks, et al.
Sherry Ann MorganAda County Prosecutor's Office, Civil Division, Respondent
Sherry Ann MorganAda County Prosecutor's Office, Civil Division, Respondent
Kent Williams
Kent Glen Williams — Petitioner
Kent Glen Williams — Petitioner