No. 23-5260

Mary Beth Harcrow v. Clyde Harcrow, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-enforcement judicial-notice protective-order vawa
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to recognize and enforce a Delaware domestic violence order under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED: 1. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10(a), the Question Presented herein is whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in adopting the ruling of the Middle District Court of Tennessee which entered incorrect rulings on an important federal question, namely a Federal statute, by incorrectly failing to recognize and , enforce in Tennessee a domestic violence order issued in Delaware in favor of . Petitioner Mary Beth Harcrow (“Petitioner”) pursuant to the Violence Against . Women Act (18 U.S.C. § 2265) ““VAWA”), in which both courts failed and refused to acknowledge, recognize, order judicial notice thereof, enforce, or otherwise give the required full faith and credit to a valid Delaware domestic violence protective order issued in favor of the Petitioner pursuant to VAWA (the “March 2018 Protective Order (PFA)” (

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-17
Waiver of right of respondents Clyde Harcrow, Leslie Harcrow, Angelle Richardson, and Joseph Longmire to respond filed.
2023-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent City of Millersville, Tennessee to respond filed.
2023-08-07
Waiver of right of respondents Sumner County, Tennesse; Sumner County Sheriff; and Sumner County Judicial Commission to respond filed.
2023-05-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2023)

Attorneys

City of Millersville, Tennessee
Cassandra Marie CraneFarrar | Bates | Berexa, Respondent
Cassandra Marie CraneFarrar | Bates | Berexa, Respondent
Clyde Harcrow, Leslie Harcrow, Angelle Richardson, and Joseph Longmire
Michael Todd SchmittOrtale Kelley Law Firm, Respondent
Michael Todd SchmittOrtale Kelley Law Firm, Respondent
Mary Beth Harcrow
Mary Beth Harcrow — Petitioner
Mary Beth Harcrow — Petitioner
Sumner County, Tennesse; Sumner County Sheriff; and Sumner County Judicial Commission
Sarah L. LockerGullet, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, Respondent
Sarah L. LockerGullet, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, Respondent