No. 22-6198

Darrel Thorn v. Racetrac Petroleum, Incorporated

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-leniency meaningful-opportunity pro-se pro-se-litigation standing
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the procedural treatment currently afforded to pro-se litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leniency is required to preserve the litigant's meaningful opportunity to be heard

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented This case raise the question whether the procedural treatment currently to Pro-Se Litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leiniency is required to preserve the litigants meaningful opportunity to be heard? Particularly given the leiniency typically afforded Pro-Se litigants that unfortunate series of events should not deprive petitioner of his day in court. As the court recognized on several occasions ovigating the appellate process without a lawyer’s assistance is a perilous endeavor for a lay person. (Halbert V. Michigan, 545 U.S. 605, 621 (2005).

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-06-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Darrel Thorn
Darrel Thorn — Petitioner
Darrel Thorn — Petitioner