No. 20-7364

James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United , States Constitution to effective trial counsel and whether denial of such effective counsel and discriminatory trial and appellate court decisions . deprived him of nearly every right under the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution with their concept of a "separate but : equal" system of criminal procedure for persons suffering mental disability? 2. Whether Appellant was denied the fundamental constitutional right to testify in violation of the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution, and the state and federal appeals court's disposition of Appellant's grievances violated 5th and 14th Amendment equal protection by discriminately applying and creating laws that only prohibit those with mental disabilities from exercising these rights?

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent Clark, Supt., Albion to respond filed.
2020-12-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2021)

Attorneys

Clark, Supt., Albion
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent
James Baldwin
James Baldwin — Petitioner
James Baldwin — Petitioner