No. 21-6805

Louis Roy Chapman v. Phyllis Smith, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process judicial-bias judicial-recusal jury-trial procedural-error recusal standing summary-judgment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment FirstAmendment Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court judge erred in not recusing himself

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED WHETHER THE HONORABLE JOHN A GIBNEY, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, IN THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION, ERRORED WHEN HE DID NOT RECUSE HIMSELF, PURSUANT TO 42 USCA SECTIONS 144 AND 455 AS HE HAD DONE BEFORE. . (Based on Assignment of Error Number One) : WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT MADE AN ERROR WHEN IT DENIED CHAPMAN A JURY TRIAL. (Based on Assignment of Error Number Two) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT MADE AN ERROR WHEN IT PREMATURELY DISMISSED ALL CHAPMAN'S CLAIMS BEFORE INTERROGATORIES AND DISCOVERY. (Based on Assignment of Error Number Three)

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Louis R. Chapman
Louis Roy Chapman — Petitioner