No. 21-7467

Patrick Muraca v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts attorney-representation civil-rights court-deadlines due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration legal-access procedural-rules right-to-counsel speedy-trial
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2022-04-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an incarcerated individual have the timely and speedy right to an attorney before important court decisions are made, such as missing a deadline for an appeal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED _ ; 1. Does an incarcerated individual have the timely. and’ ‘ speedy right to an attorney before important court | decisions are made, such missing a deadline~for an Appeal? : | a . | . a“ / 2. Whether the Court of Appeals properly relied on Bowels | v. Russell appropriately since-the Petitioner did not have : : ./ timely and speedy access to an attorney while incarcerated, given the fact that incarcerated individuals, /such as the Petitioner does not have full and free access‘ to legal representation? : 3.Should the Court of Appeals have made an exception to 28 | U.S.C. § 2107(b)(2)7 Fed. R. App. P. 4(af(1)(B) (ii) because } the Petitioner did not have access to his attorney to : | appropriately make decisions to go to trial to refute false | and misleading statements made by witnesses? . ; . | | . | : | ' ~~ OO .

Docket Entries

2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-12
Waiver of right of respondent SEC to respond filed.
2022-03-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Patrick Muraca
Patrick Muraca — Petitioner
Patrick Muraca — Petitioner
SEC
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent