No. 21-6032

Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-limits district-court due-process federal-procedure federal-rules judicial-precedent jurisdiction prosecutorial-authority standing territorial-court territorial-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court in direct contravention of 356 bales of cotton (1825); The SARAH, 5 LEd 644 8WHEAT 391; Forsythe v. The United States, 9 HOWARD 571, 13 LEd 262, and the 1922 Balzac v. Porto Rico, 298 U.S. 298, 312; and ini direct conflict with the definition presented as "District Court of the United States" by this Court in Mookini v. United States, 303 U.S. | 201, (1938) and Confirmed in Nguyen v. United States, 539 U.S. 69 in the Historical Sense Quoting Mookini; and within the Advisory noted of Rule 54 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. . | | (ai)

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-01-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-17
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Charles Francis Hurt
Charles Francis Hurt — Petitioner
Charles Francis Hurt — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent