No. 21-7288

Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force inmate-treatment prison prison-policy standing
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2022-04-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful precedent that would establish that an officer/prison guard could give a citizen/inmate an order and without giving the citizen/inmate the opportunity to comply with those orders use physical force, lethal chemical weapons, deadly force, etc.—without fear of violating the Constitution so long as the citizen/inmate doesn't state he/she is willing to comply with orders, or otherwise do or say anything to indicate that he/she would comply?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1.) Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful precedent that would establish that an officer/ prison guard could give a citizen/ inmate an order and without giving the citizen / inmate the opportunity to comply with those orders use physical force, lethal chemical weapons, deadly force, ete.— without fear of violating the Constitution-so long as the citizen/ inmate doesn’t state he/ she is willing to comply with orders, or otherwise do or say anything to indicate that he/ she would comply? 2.) Does the disparity between the rules of the Arkansas prison system, i.e.(prison officials must give the prisoner the opportunity to comply with an order , before using any force on him/ her) compared to the actual practices of the Arkansas prison system, i.e.( prisoners must state to officer that he/ she is willing to comply to an order or otherwise indicate that he is willing te comply to an order before force will be used), create a classic practice of Orwellian double think that is accepted by the Courts to shield prison officials from liability? 3.) Has the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals shifted the power and authority within to to the prison system to the prisoners @ tell prison officials how é implement prison policies and procedures, calling into question its own findings in Treats v. | Morgan, 308 F.3d 868 ? 4.) In Core judicial inquiry for Eighth Amendment excessive force cases, is _ malicious intent shown when an officer gives an inmate an order that the inmate can’t reasonably comply with and uses force under the disguise that the inmate failed to obey command, failed to tell officer to allow him to follow command, and failed to indicate that he would follow command ? 3 ,

Docket Entries

2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
2022-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2022)

Attorneys

Dexter Payne
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Rolandis L. Chatmon
Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon — Petitioner
Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon — Petitioner