No. 20-7411

Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-proceedings judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-60b standing
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the lower courts have been so stringent in limiting their review to only one exception of Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) in deciding whether to grant relief to a pro se litigant?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED A PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE BOTH THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT AND THE U.S.COURT OF APPEALS HAS DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AS TO CALL FOR AN EXERCISE OF THIS COURT'S SUPERVISORY POWER. IN LIGHT OF THE GENEROUS STANDARD AFFORDED TO PRO SE LITIGANTS IN PLEADING THEIR CAUSES OF ACTIONS, HAINES, 404 U.S. 520, 521; 92 S CT 594, THE QUESTION BECOMES, SHOULD THE LOWER COURTS HAVE BEEN SO STRINGENT IN LIMITING ITS REVIEW TO ONLY ONE EXCEPTION OF FED, R. CIV. PROC. 60(B) IN DECIDING WHETHER TO GRANT RELIEF. :

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Douglas Jackson
Douglas Cornell Jackson — Petitioner
Douglas Cornell Jackson — Petitioner