Debbie Pittman v. Ronnie Pittman
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether a notice of appeal filed on May 10, 2016 is considered prematurely filed when the orders being challenged cover the period between 2013 and 2017 is valid which was filed after the court made known its intention ON April 13, 2016 of entering an unfavorable final rulings set to be entered on June 10, 2016, and after a second notice of appeal was filed on December 18, 2017?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether a notice of appeal filed on May 10, 2016 is considered prematurely filed when the orders being challenged cover the period between 2013 and 2017 is valid which was filed after the court made known its intention ON April 13, 2016 of entering an unfavorable final rulings set to be entered on June 10, 2016, and after a second notice of appeal was filed on December 18, 2017? 2. Whether charging a person with indirect civil contempt when it is actually indirect criminal contempt and then sanctioning them $15,000 for that contempt and punishing them further when they could not pay the fine violates the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth, sixth, thirteenth and fourteenth Amendments, the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as afforded under the constitution? 1