No. 19-7901

Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing access-to-courts civil-rights detention due-process filing-fees indigency
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an indigent civil detainee is denied access to the court due to inability to pay filing fees

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : | i nn ee

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2019-12-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Thomas Powers
Thomas Powers — Petitioner