No. 21-5384

William A. Masters v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process executive-taking fourteenth-amendment property-rights property-seizure standing state-remedies takings
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Takings
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must a Citizen exhaust his State's remedies before filing in the Federal Court for a decision upon a Constitutional issue?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. Must a Citizen exhaust his State’s remedies before filing in the Federal Court for a decision upon a Constitutional issue? B. When a State makes a Pre-hearing seizure of property due to a claimed “emergency situation”, must the State give an original hearing as soon as practicable after the taking with full Due Process Rights given to the accused including providing Assistance of Council to economic indigents? C. Does an appeal of an Executive Branch taking of property, without a preor post-taking hearing, satisfy the Original Hearing guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment? D. Does the Attorney General of California himself constitute: “a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority? : under 27 Code of Federal Regulations 478.11 (a), allowing him to legally declare a citizen a Mental Defective under 18 United States Code 992(g)(4) and strip him of his tight to keep and bear firearms and property? eee 2

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California to respond filed.
2021-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
Lara HaddadCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
William Masters
William A. Masters II — Petitioner