No. 22-173

Roger Swartz v. Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: 14th-amendment-rights bar-admission child-representation-rights civil-rights due-process experiential-legal-learning legal-education non-traditional-legal-representation standing state-action state-actor-interference tort-case-representation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When one learns the practice of law limited through experiential learning because they have been deprived of their 14th-Amendment-rights and many other rights by State-Actors, do they have a right to function as a lawyer in the same way as lawyers that have trained in law-school and passed-the-Bar?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ; 1, When one learns the practice of law limited through experiential learning because they have been deprived of their 14> Amendment ' Rights and many other rights by State Actors do they have has a right to function as a lawyer in the same way as lawyers that have trained : : : in law school and passed the Bar? 2. In cases where are deeply resourced and have a history of ; meddling into the affairs of others by influencing them to break the law without ‘ boundaries establishing there is a very high likelihood they will illegally meddle into the affairs of any council assigned to represent minor children and likely compel them to undermine the case does that provide a basis ; for a parent with nontraditional attorney ' training to represent their child? , ii 3. In cases where the development of a case is determined by the efforts of a single individual, Roger Swartz, where it would be impossible for any other individual to develop the case without the individual, Roger Swartz, largely ; writing the entire dispute for the lawyer does that present such an onerous burden on the both the individual Roger Swartz, and the rs . lawyer that the individual, Roger Swartz in this instance, should have a right to represent their minor children in the same case? 4, Is there no means for which a court may use to assess the competence of an individual to : adequately represent another in a tort case seeking financial damages, not reimbursement, other than a degree from an accredited law school? 5. In cases where it is virtually impossible for a party to bring a suit forward at any point in the future without the parent developing the case for which the parent is a separate party in the case is the parent entitled to represent the child in a tort case seeking financial damages, : not reimbursement? 6. Can a parent represent a child in a tort case seeking financial damages if that tort case , relates to ensuring financial damages are awarded as a means to avert developmental : : harm caused by _ specific a precedent that is superior to iti any tort suit-council requirement, caused by the actions of 7. Can a parent represent a child in a tort case if the outcome of the child’s tort case seeking ; financial damages is entirely determined by : the parent’s self-representation of the identical / : tort suit that the parent is seeking for themselves and where the is no possible additional advantage for the minor to have representation not by the parent? iv , .

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-12-20
Suggestion for recusal from petitioner received.
2022-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-10
2022-10-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2022-09-26
Waiver of right of respondents The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, Amy Gutmann, and Scott Diamond to respond filed.
2022-09-20
Waiver of right of respondents The Trustees of Princeton University, David Macmillan, Abigail Doyle, and Diane Carrera to respond filed.
2022-09-16
Waiver of right of respondents Robert Hartman, et al. to respond filed.
2022-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2022)

Attorneys

Robert Hartman, et al.
Heather C. McFeeleyFreeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Respondent
Roger Swartz
Roger Swartz — Petitioner
The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania, Amy Gutmann, and Scott Diamond
Jeffrey A. SturgeonBaker & McKenzie LLP, Respondent
The Trustees of Princeton University, David Macmillan, Abigail Doyle, and Diane Carrera
Elizabeth Victoria WingfieldBallard Spahr LLP, Respondent