No. 23-5053

Joann Artis Stevens v. Town of Snow Hill, North Carolina, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: administration-of-justice civil-procedure civil-rights judicial-interpretation judicial-system legal-remedies litigation-efficiency pre-trial-motions pretrial-motions rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6
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Latest Conference: 2024-01-05 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the recurring issues and conflicts in the judicial system regarding the use of pre-trial motions under Rule 12(b)(6) to thwart remedies for meritorious civil cases warrant review

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : QUESTION (S) PRESENTED 1. This Claim is of exceptional importance, and is a vehicle to remedy the issues and conflict in our Judicial Systems by use of Pretrial Motion 12(b)(6) which are recurring and warrants review. This is of significant importance to the administration __ of Justice as Pretrial Motions thwart remedy for meritorious . and civil cascases that are deemed by the Courts non frivolous. There is a divide amongst Judges and Legal Scholars on l use thereof to include contemporaneous Affirmed and Per Cu. riam Affirmed Judgements. 2. Will our Honorable Courts, remedy the longstanding conflict and | issues within the Judicial, Legal Field of questionable and conflicting Pre-trial motions? In light of past measures, attempts, and re_ views of the inefficiencies of Civil Litigation, the high and rising costs, undue delays and abusive practices associated and caused | . thereby? In that countless attempts to address the central issues, 7 . by amendment of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (the Federal Rules or Rule}, by congressional statute, and by judicial doctrine have failed i.e. Cardoza Law Review?

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-01
2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-23
Petitioner complied with order of October 2, 2023.
2023-10-02
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until October 23, 2023, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent County of Greene, NC to respond filed.
2023-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2023)
2023-04-03
Application (22A857) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 27, 2023.
2023-03-28
Application (22A857) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2023 to May 27, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

County of Greene, NC
James Redfern Morgan Jr.Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Respondent
Joann Artis Stevens
Joann Artis Stevens — Petitioner