Predrag Tosic v. Heather Tosic
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments require courts to provide reasonable accommodations and due process protections for pro se litigants with documented disabilities when adjudicating legal claims
No question identified. : B) Relief Sought: | am specifically asking this Supreme Court to grant me a time extension of 60 days for filing Writ of Certiorari, as Pro-Per/Pro-Se, on aforementioned denied petition for review by the state Supreme Ct; which ignored blatant violations of Due Process, and various protected rights, from the right to be reasonable heard by lower courts, 1st and 14*t amendment rights, to the ADA-related federally protected rights for persons/men/women with disabilities; at both the original trial court (King Co. Superior Ct.) and subsequently lower state appellate court, Ct. of Appeals Division I. While I do not intend to wait for 59 days prior to filing my Writ of Certiorari, given my deteriorated health and disability/history of disability, that I have been forced to contemporaneously deal with 3-4 different courts as Pro-Per litigant with limited financial resources and no legal or political ‘clout’; and being aware that SCOTUS will grant time extension requests (at most) once, I am taking the liberty to request maximal time extension under the SCOTUS rules and statutes. C) Justification for why time-extension should be granted: there are four main grounds for seeking this sorely needed time extension, with respect to the standard hard deadline on April 3. Those grounds/reasons are as follows: C1: Lam, and have been practically all along; Pro-Per/Pro-Se, contemporaneously dealing with multiple state courts (and, now, also the US Supreme Court) as a litigant/appellant ProPer; while trying to put my life and my career back together after years of documented abuse (which has been invariably ignored by various state courts to date, up to & including Wash. Supreme Court). This is rather over-whelming, resulting in high levels of anxiety, stress, trauma, sleep deprivation etc.; and necessitating time extensions. C2: I have a disability / history of disability; of which I have been notifying various state courts consistently since Spring 2023 (some of those courts, such as Ct. of Appeals — Div. I, have entirely ignored my disability pleadings and requests for accommodations; which is one of the key reasons for this upcoming Writ with SCOTUS). My application for federal disability benefits has entered its final stages as of March 2024; the state Disability Determination Services agent/case-worker has notified me, the adjudication by his office (on behalf of federal Social Security Administration) will take another 30-45 days from the time all the documentation from myself and my current and past therapists has been received. Alas, I have hard deadlines at various courts, including SCOTUS, which do not allow me to wait for my disability benefits to (hopefully!) get approved. That said, I cannot accelerate the disability adjudication process — but am stating under the penalty of perjury (and will provide evidence as Appendices to my upcoming Writ) that all statements/claims pertaining to my disability are true and accurate, to the best of my knowledge, at the time of this petition/motion for time extension. C3: On top of long-term disability and trauma, throughout late February and the month of March I had recurring short-term health issues (multiple infections necessitating multiple rounds of antibiotics; that resulted in drowsiness, fatigue, at times significant physical discomfort, worsened sleeping disorder and other factors resulting in lowered ability to perform various tasks, be it related to my college teaching be it re: filing briefs and pleadings with various courts). This too has been documented and has, together with long-term disability, affected my ability to file pleadings with various courts timely, necessitating time extensions including specifically with respect to the upcoming Writ with this SCOTUS. C4: [have been repeatedly denied due process, reasonable access to courts, and having my legal causes evaluated on their merits and not various procedural loopholes (in spite of being Pro-Per;