No. 20-1491

Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-04-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judges-and-attorneys judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality organizational-conflict recusal recusal-standard standing state-supreme-court
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

A- Is being a stakeholder, not just a member, of an organization which
solicits donations and memberships from Judges and Attorneys a
violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and is ground for recusal of
a Visiting Judge.

B- Is Ohio Revised Code 2701.03 Unconstitutional?

C- In our case, is the Fourteenth Amendment violated when a State
Supreme Court Justice declines to recuse them self from a case in
which they have a pending Writ of Certiorari before SCOTUS
regarding a prior decision?

D- Did the Ohio Supreme Court abuse their discretion in denying a
motion to recuse, and were they prejudiced against the Plaintiff?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is being a stakeholder in an organization which solicits donations and memberships from Judges and Attorneys a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and ground for recusal?

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Wael Lasheen
Wael Lasheen — Petitioner