Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles
DueProcess
Whether under the Supremacy Clause, the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, states are permitted to dissociate themselves from Federal regulations and statutes that protect inmates' timely filing in court
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether under the Supremacy Clause, the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, states are permitted to dissociate themselves from Federal regulations and statutes that protect inmates’ timely filing in court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1) 2. Whether State statutes which permit a non-inmates filing in state’s courts on the day of its mailing should be applied equally to incarcerated inmates filing in state courts. 3. Whether state statures which permit a non-inmate filing in state court after the dead-line due to state court's oversight should equally applied to incarcerated inmates. 4. Whether state statutes or regulations pursuant to sub paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 constitute adequate grounds to deny Petitioner other Federal relieves.