No. 21-7058

Adam Pelletier v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure fraud-upon-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus jurisdiction motion-to-reconsider rule-60(b)(3) state-court-dismissal
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Petitioner's claim of prosecutorial 'Fraud Upon The Court' a valid claim under Rule 60(b)(3)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . . . 1) Is Petitioner's claim of prosecutorial “ Fraud Upon The Court " a Bule 60.63. ,q tue claim of “ Fraud Upoa The Court" ? 2) The. U.S. Dis. Court ruled Petitioners Role 60.3,“ Fraud Upon The Court ” Motion , vader Gonzalez v Crosby , HS Vis. $24 (2005) , was to be = construed asa 2% Habeas. . : Did the Dis. Court misuse Gonzalez. and did the Wis. Court of. Appeals 44 Cir, OF VA, ere by affirming the Dis. Court s —— puliag PO 3) Does the AEOPA turn a“ Fraud Upon The Court" claim, that originated in the state , lato a 2 Habeas P 4) Petitioner first Filed the Bule 60b,3. Motion in the court where — the '' Fraud Upon The Court" occurred. The original court and the — VA. Supreme Court have both dismissed the claim. Should the U.S. Dis. Court have appellate Jocisdiction qtter | the state has dismissed a claim of “Fravd Upon The Court“? / . __

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2021-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Adam Pelletier
Adam Pelletier — Petitioner