No. 21-6675

Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-witness fed-r-evid-706 indigent-party judicial-notice medical-facts pro-bono-counsel standing summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under Fed.R.Evid. 706 to an indigent party's request for the appointment of pro bono counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)(1)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under Fed.R.Evid. 706, which denies the appointment of expert witnesses because of a party's IFP status, to an indigent party's request for the appointment of ; pro bono counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. $1915(e)(1). : 2. Whether appellate courts are obliged to address a party's allegation that the opposing party's expert reports were faulty, regardless of the burden of proof at summary judgment, and whether faulty reports should be allowed to establish undisputed facts. 3. Whether lower courts should take judicial notice of medical facts at summary judgment, without the interpretation of an expert witness, when the court is supplied with the necessary information. PARTIES ; The Petitioner is Robert JW McCleland, an indigent, pro se prisoner in the Colorado Department of Corrections ("coc") . The Respondents are Rick Raemisch, former Director of the CDOC; Renae Jordan, former Director of Clinical , Services for the CDOC; Susan Tiona, former Chief Medical Officer for the CDOC; Dayna Johnson, former Health Services Administrator for the Buena Vista Correctional Complex ("BVCC"); Deborah Borrego, former Medical Provider for the BVCC; and Joanne McGrew, former contract Medical Provider for the BVCC.

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-21
Waiver of right of respondents Rick Raemisch, et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Rick Raemisch, et al.
Nicole Suzanne GellarColorado Attorney General, Respondent
Nicole Suzanne GellarColorado Attorney General, Respondent
Robert JW McCleland
Robert JW McCleland — Petitioner
Robert JW McCleland — Petitioner