No. 24-5984

Jason Keith-David Manners v. Bryan Morrison, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-challenge court-relief criminal-defendant organizational-rights procedural-grounds
Key Terms:
Environmental Immigration
Latest Conference: 2025-01-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant's organizational rights can be challenged when a court denies relief based on procedural grounds

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ain Mckaskle v. Wiggins, 05 U.S. 16% C1934), this Honorable Court held that [the prose _defendadt must be. allowed to control. the organi zation _ond_content ot hhis_own defenses” id.,ot IT4, and thet ftIhe pro se. . defendant. is entitled to preserve actual _contol_over the ; case he chooses. to_present to the jury.” Td, ot 118. _ CAN A TRIAL CouRT DISREGARD MCKASKLE ANS PRECLUDE A._PRO SE. DEFENDANT FROM PRESENTING ATS DEFENSE IN His OWN. WAY STMPLY BECAUSE | THE TATAL COURT DIsALREES. WET THE DEFENDANT'S PROPOSED DEFENSE AND FEELS THAT SucH A DEFENSE. Is A “Gap rpen”’ 2 | . | —— WouLD SucH A PRECLUSTON: BY THE TRIAL.CoueT, CONSTITUTE A_VIOLATION..OF ONES FARETIA . arenrs 2. AND Writ THE UNITED sTaTeS SUPREME CouRT TOLERATE A_UNITED STATES Couat oF APPEALS? DECT STON To DENY A PerxtromeR A CEATTFEICATE OF APPEALABIIAITY, DESPITE THE PETITIONER'S MEETING THe “DEBATABILIE | TY. STANDARD ANNOUNCED. IN SLACK wv. MCDANTEL 529 Uns. 473, (2000) t L . TABLE. OF CONTENTS Page. QUESTIONS PRESENTED. 2 w]e CKD

Docket Entries

2025-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-07
Waiver of Bryan Morrison, Warden of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent Bryan Morrison, Warden to respond filed.
2025-01-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
2024-12-05
Waiver of right of respondents Thomas Gray, Chief of the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Rex Davis, Justice of the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Lee Harris, Presiding Juge of the 66th Judicial District Court of Texas to respond filed.
2024-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 19, 2024)

Attorneys

Bryan Morrison, Warden
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Jason Manners
Jason Keith-David Manners — Petitioner
Jason Keith-David Manners — Petitioner
Thomas Gray, Chief of the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Rex Davis, Justice of the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas; Lee Harris, Presiding Juge of the 66th Judicial District Court of Texas
Scott M. GraydonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent