No. 20-5511

Debbie Pittman v. Ronnie Pittman

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-08-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeals civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection notice-of-appeal premature-filing prematurely-filed standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-10-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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

Docket Entries

2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Debbie Pittman
Debbie Pittman — Petitioner
Debbie Pittman — Petitioner