No. 20-8163

David Patkins v. Rebecca Piantini

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-05-27
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-review due-process indigent-litigants judicial-access meaningful-access non-article-iii-proceedings prisoner-rights
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the right of meaningful access to the courts authorizes certain courts to disregard indigent party requests for available court resources where that disregard is in conflict with existing constitutional law

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : PURSUANT FEDERAL (AND STATE) CONSTITVTION OVE PRocess/ PETITION GUARANTEES ON THE RIGHT 0€ “MEANING FUL” ACCESS TO THE COVATS : , (1) OM NENFRIVOLOUS AeT/ONS, DOES THE RIGHT of MEANING EVEL ‘NeeeLs TO TUE COURTS AVTHORIZE CERTAIN COURTS TO DISREGARD INDIGENT PARTY REQUESTS FOR AVALLABLE COURT RESOURCES WHERE THAT DISRECARD IS IN Comfeier PITH EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL LAN ESTABLISHING THAT : COURTS ARE TO AFPLI DISCRETIONARY REVIEW NoT ONLY TO REQVESTS FoR CoURT RESOVR CES BYT TO SATISEY THE } REGY/REMENT ON THE SUES TION / RIGHT TO MEANINGEUL Acc€sSS s OR (2) if THE RIGHT 6F MEANINGFUL ACCESS SATISFIED AT THE LIANITING OF NOM FRIVOLOUS PAPERS BEING FicED ; Ano/ eR (3) 18 THE RIGHT 66 MEANINEESL ACCESS TO AVAILABLE COURT RErouvhces/TOoLs APPLY TR THE WEALTHY AND NOT T° THE INDIGENT Acl0/ OR (APRISONED ,

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2021-07-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2021)

Attorneys

David Patkins
David C. Patkins — Petitioner