No. 24-7138

Steve Van Horne v. Harriett L. Haag, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2, Taylor County, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: district-court first-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-error motion-to-reconsider religious-freedom
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in ignoring the 1st Amendment and 42 USC 21b § 2000bb in denying Petitioner's Notification of Religious Obligation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the district court erred in ignoring the 1st Amendment and 42 USC 21b § 2000bb in denying Petitioner ’s Notification of Religious Obligation filed on 03/11/20241. 2. Whether the district court erred in denying Petitioner ’s Motion to Reconsider order denying stay , filed on 03/20/2024 Whether the district court erred in sending Petitioner its Findings , Conclusions , And Recommendations (FCR) of the magistrate judge DURING THE TIME PERIOD THAT PETITIONER HAD ALREADY NOTIFIED THE COURT THAT HE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE DUE TO VERY IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS COMMANDED BY THE CREATOR, FILED ON 04/18/2024. Whether the district court erred in sending Petitioner its order ACCEPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE ’S FCR, AND DISMISSING HIS LAWSUIT DURING THE TIME PERIOD THAT PETITIONER HAD ALREADY NOTIFIED THE COURT THAT HE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE DUE TO VERY IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS COMMANDED BY THE CREATOR, FILED ON 05/06/2024.3. 4. 5. Whether the district court erred in revoking Petitioner ’s IFP STATUS WHILE HE WAS ENGAGED IN A COMMANDED RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE AND NOT AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO THE COURT ’S FCR. 6. Whether the district court ’s actions forced Petitioner to choose BETWEEN HIS CREATOR ’S COMMANDMENTS AND THE COURT ’S ORDER. 7. Whether the Appeals Court erred by not taking judicial notice of THE FACT THAT PETITIONER ANSWERED THE DISTRICT COURT ’S FCR. 8. Whether the Appeals Court erred by dismissing the case 9. Whether the Appeals Court erred when it denied petitioner ’s motion TO RECALL ITS MANDATE WHICH DECISION WAS BASED ON COURT JUDICIAL ERROR. ~ t ; 03VI303R : KOS i S SAM ! >0 2HT 30 30R3C) ,?>J TfiUOn_riM3N4U? 2

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-03-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 4, 2025)
2025-01-27
Application (24A722) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 16, 2025.
2025-01-13
Application (24A722) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 15, 2025 to March 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Steve Van Horne
Steve Van Horne — Petitioner
Steve Van Horne — Petitioner