No. 21-6975

David James Lola v. Rick Ramsay, Sheriff, Monroe County, Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-01-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration legal-resources prisoner-access
Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does an innocent citizen representing themself against criminal allegations, prior to trial have a due process right pursuant to the Fifth, Sixth, or Fourteenth Amendments to rely upon the plain meaning of a state appellate court's order that the defendant will have an opportunity to submit a reply to a respondent's response prior to the court's rendering of a decision?

Does the Sixth Amendment right to counsel include a right to represent oneself in a state criminal proceeding as a presumptively innocent U.S. citizen who is incarcerated pretrial and to have reasonable access to due process services such as caselaw printouts, a caselaw search technology, books containing relevant criminal, evidence, statutes, and jury instructions; procedural witnesses, and video viewing access to technology?

Does an innocent citizen representing themself against criminal allegations also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a right to receive by mail orders from a state appellate court?

Does an innocent U.S. citizen representing themself against criminal allegations, also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a right to be released from custody in order to access reasonable due process services?

Does an innocent U.S. citizen representing themself against criminal allegations known as pro se, and incarcerated have a right to be transferred to a different venue for detention and the case to be presented in a different county in order to access reasonable due process?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an innocent citizen representing themselves against criminal allegations, also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a due process right pursuant to the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to rely upon the plain meaning of a statute and an appellate court's order that the defendant will have an opportunity to submit a reply to a respondent's response prior to the court's rendering of a decision?

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2021-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2022)

Attorneys

David Lola
David James Lola — Petitioner