No. 23-7250
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice standing state-prosecution witness-intimidation
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2024-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Standing-to-appeal-criminal-complaint
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a private plaintiff has standing to appeal a District Courts’ unintelligible refusal to issue a criminal complaint, when the crimes are obstructing justice, and the plaintiffs safety, prosperity, and a fair trial is dependent on the state’s prosecution. If so, whether it was an abuse of discretion for the trial courts to approve of obvious crimes that are violating Constitutional Rights without identifying any factual or policy reason, and for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to affirm their denials without any factual reason, and without addressing the constitutional arguments presented. ii STATEMENT OF
Docket Entries
2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2024)
2023-12-28
Application (23A589) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 8, 2024.
2023-12-21
Application (23A589) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2024 to February 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Attorneys
Rian Waters
Rian G. Waters — Petitioner