No. 24-7085

Howard Jefferson Atkins v. Guy Bousch, Warden

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2025-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation due-process juvenile-jurisdiction legislative-intent separation-of-powers state-courts
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Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine by granting concurrent jurisdiction to state circuit courts over juvenile delinquency cases contrary to legislative statute

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine (United I. States Constitution Amendment XIV §1) and United States Supreme Court precedent (Kentv. U.S. , 383 U.S. 541, 86 S.Ct. 1045 (1966)) when it rendered an opinion granting concurrent jurisdiction to the state circuit courts with the state juvenile courts over juveniles alleged to be delinquent, in direct contravention of a legislative statute giving the state juvenile courts “exclusive original jurisdiction ”over juveniles alleged to be delinquent? 3

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-05-23
Waiver of right of respondent Guy Bousch, Warden to respond filed.
2025-04-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2025)

Attorneys

Guy Bousch, Warden
John Gordon CerisanoTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
John Gordon CerisanoTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Howard Atkins
Howard Jefferson Atkins — Petitioner
Howard Jefferson Atkins — Petitioner