No. 21-5784

Joe Vonzo Readon v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation
Latest Conference: 2021-11-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause

Docket Entries

2021-11-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2021)

Attorneys

Joe Vonzo Readon
Joe Vonzo Readon — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent