No. 20-5364

John S. Kaminski v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights class-action cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the conditions of confinement and deliberate obstruction of due process by prison officials violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : ~-FOREW@RDAlthough we have adopted an adversarial system of justice, the prosecution and, in this case, the opposing counsel (AAG BARRY) and the courts themselves are more than ordinary litigants and, the clerks and judges are not simply automatons whose only purpose is to insure that technical rules are adhered to. All . a are charged with of insuring that "justice" in the broadest : sense of the term-is practiced and achieved, in their trusted positions as Officers Of The Court, and that Fundamental Fairness is insured, at all times. The interest of the state;its courts; and the Officers of these courts cannot be that it shall win a case (something easily ; achieved against PRO SE opposing counsel) but that Justice shall , be done through an unbiased review of the facts that are “" presented-as unvarnished as they may be. As_ interpreted by the PETITIONER from STATE vs. DAY 223 Conn 813 (1995). i \

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent Walter Bansley to respond filed.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Semple, et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2020)

Attorneys

John Kaminski
John S. Kaminski — Petitioner
Scott Semple, et al.
Tamara Anne GrossoOffice of the Chief States Attorney - CLB, Respondent
Walter Bansley
Walter Charles Bansley IVBansley Law Offices, LLC, Respondent