No. 24-459

Gordon Alexander Clark v. Santander Bank, N.A.

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2024-10-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Relisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-litigation state-constitution
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 7th, 5th, and 14th Amendments and Connecticut state constitutional provisions remain in effect for pro se litigants, specifically regarding jury trial rights, due process, and equal protection

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is whether the aforementioned 7+h, 5th, and 14th Amendments to The Constitution of the United States are ; still in effect in the United States, especially ; for pro se litigants who cannot afford to hire an honest, competent, and experienced litigator; and if so, was the pro se Petitioner denied his said federal constitutionally protected and inviolate rights to a jury trial, to due process of law, and to equal protection under the law? Similarly, in the Constitution of the State of Connecticut: The Right of Trial by Jury Clause — Article IV, it states, in part, the following: ; “Section 19 of article first of the constitution is amended to read as follows: The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate ...” In the Constitution of the State of Connecticut: The Due Process of Law Clause — Article XVII, it states, in part, the following: “|... nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, ...” In the Constitution of the State of Connecticut: The Equal Protection Clause — Article XXI, it states, in part, the following: “|... No person shall be denied the equal : . protection of the law...” 7 iii 2. The second question presented is whether the aforementioned Article IV, Article XVII, and Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of Connecticut are still in effect in Connecticut, : especially for pro se litigants who cannot afford to hire an honest, competent, and experienced litigator; and if so, was the pro se Petitioner denied his said state constitutionally protected and inviolate rights to a jury trial, to due process of law, and to ; equal protection under the law?

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-02-07
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-31
2024-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-22
2024-08-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Gordon A. Clark
Gordon Alexander Clark — Petitioner
Gordon Alexander Clark — Petitioner
Santander Bank, N.A.
Robert Joseph WichowskiBorck & Scott, PLLC, Respondent
Robert Joseph WichowskiBorck & Scott, PLLC, Respondent