No. 20-5965

Vito A. Pelino v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: case-reopening civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts judicial-discretion rule-60(b) rule-60b state-courts substantive-claim
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether jurists of reason can debate that repeated decisions to ignore (not dismiss or deny) a substantive claim constitutes sufficiently 'extraordinary circumstances' to reopen a case under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether jurists of reason can debate that repeated decisions to ignore (not dismiss or deny) a substantive claim constitutes sufficiently “extraordinary circumstances” to reopen a case under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-09
Waiver of right of respondent Supt., Greene SCI to respond filed.
2020-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Supt., Greene SCI
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent
Vito Pelino
Christina Mathieson HughesNational Habeas Institute, Petitioner