No. 20-7431

Anthony O. Wint, Jr., By and Through His Next Friend, Oral Wint v. Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-court-procedure incompetent incompetent-litigant legal-standing parental-representation pro-se-representation standing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where a federal case is brought by a non-lawyer parent on behalf of an incompetent who cannot represent him or herself pro se, should no issues concerning the litigation be decided until the counsel issue is resolved

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Where a federal case is brought by a non-lawyer parent on behalf of an incompetent who cannot represent him or herself pro se, should no issues concerning the litigation be decided until the counsel issue is resolved, as the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits have held, or may a district court dismiss the proceeding based on the parent’s failure to comply with a court order, as held by the Eleventh Circuit below? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

Docket Entries

2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida Palm Beach Sheriff, et al. to respond filed.
2021-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Anthony Wint, Jr.
Janice L. BergmannFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Janice L. BergmannFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
State of Florida Palm Beach Sheriff, et al.
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent