No. 21-6480

Francisco C. Martinez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sandin-v-conner
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court and the court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit misapplied the Supreme Court's decision of Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995), to the petitioner's case

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MISAPPLIED THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION OF SANDIN V. CONNER,515 U.S. 472 (1995),TO THE PETITIONER'S CASE, TO THE EXTENT THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND THE SECOND CIRCUIT. i

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)

Attorneys

Francisco Martinez
Francisco C. Martinez — Petitioner
Francisco C. Martinez — Petitioner