No. 23-7063

Ryan P. Givey v. Department of Justice, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment government-accountability petition-clause standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the Department of Justice refuse to take a criminal complaint of federal crimes from Givey?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented for Review Givey alleges he is the victim of federal crimes, wishes to present evidence ‘supporting his assertions and wishes to file a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice. The First Amendment of the United of the United States Constitution provides every United States citizen the Right “to Petition the government for the redress of grievances.” The act of filing of a criminal complaint is an exercise of that First Amendment Right. The Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains that they are not obligated to take a criminal complaint from Givey. The DOJ did not take a criminal complaint from Givey and then determine it was not worthy of investigation, the DOJ simply refused to even take a criminal complaint. The DOJ has refused to take any criminal complaint from Givey for years, as the DOJ similarly did for the hundreds of victims of Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and Larry Nassar. The question presented before the United States Supreme Court is: Can the Department of Justice refuse to take a criminal complaint of federal crimes from Givey?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-17
Application (23A1115) denied by Justice Alito.
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-05
Petitioner complied with order of May 20, 2024.
2024-05-29
Application (23A1115) for writ of injunction, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-05-20
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until June 10, 2024, 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.
2024-05-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
2024-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States Department of Justice, et al. to respond filed.
2024-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Ryan P. Givey
Ryan P. Givey — Petitioner
Ryan P. Givey — Petitioner
United States Department of Justice, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent