No. 20-1723

Jane Doe v. James T. DeWees, et al.

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2021-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights common-law-name constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment homelessness privileges-and-immunities standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do homeless people known by their common-law names and without home addresses have a constitutional right to sue in state courts for remedy of injuries?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The fundamental right of all persons to seek remedy for injury via the courts has been variously , grounded in Article IV’s privileges and immunities clause, the First Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. Actions seeking remedy are necessarily filed in the names of the real parties in interest. It has jong been established that a person has the right to sue in the name which he has chosen for himself and the name by which he known and identified by other humans in society; this is a common law right throughout the States. Question: Do homeless people known by their common-law names and without home addresses have a constitutional right to sue in state courts for remedy of injuries?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-13
Waiver of right of respondent James DeWees to respond filed.
2021-03-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)

Attorneys

James DeWees
Wendy L. ShiffOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jane Doe
Jane Doe — Petitioner