No. 21-7348

Andrew Prescott v. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process ex-parte-communication fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal self-representation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the 6th Amendment; Section1 and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; 28 U.S. Code § 1654, and state laws or provisions, grant individuals the right to self-representation and fair-hearing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED: 1. Do the 6th Amendment; Section1 and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; 28 U.S. Code § 1654, and state laws or provisions, grant individuals not only the right to selfrepresentation in civil litigation, but also the right to be fairly heard under Law sine ira et studio by an impartial tribunal—judge(s) or jury? 2. Are ex parte communications between a judge and one of the parties to the lawsuit basis for a new trial in violation of the Due Process Clauses of the 5th Amendment and Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, as well as 5 U.S. Code § 551(14) where such communications had a significant influence on the decisions of the case? | |

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Andrew Prescott
Andrew Prescott — Petitioner
Andrew Prescott — Petitioner