No. 19-8292

Russell Tinsley v. Sherry Yates, Administrator, Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability civil-commitment constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process fauntleroy-doctrine full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the New Jersey civil commitment of Mr. Tinsley was a violation of the Fauntleroy doctrine and/or jurisdiction of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Art. IV, Sec. 1), to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's jurisdiction

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED POINT 1 WHEATHER THE NEW JERSEY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF MR. TINSLEY WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FAUNTLEROY DOCTRINE; AND/OR JURISDICTION OF THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION (ART. IV, SEC. 1), TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA’S JURISDICTION. POINT 2 WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION FOR DENYING MR. TINSLEY’S REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY. moe ea

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Russell Tinsley
Russell Tinsley — Petitioner
Russell Tinsley — Petitioner