No. 20-5965
Vito A. Pelino v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al.
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
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 Hughes — National Habeas Institute, Petitioner