No. 24-842

Adam Cole Shryock v. Colorado, ex rel. Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2025-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: contempt-proceedings due-process first-amendment ineffective-assistance prior-restraint sentencing-consequences
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-02-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the permanent injunction issued against Petitioner violated his First Amendment rights by constituting an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech; Whether the Colorado courts erred in failing to apply a statute of limitations to punitive contempt proceedings, contrary to due process and fundamental fairness; Whether ineffective assistance of counsel, including failure to advise Petitioner of potential sentencing consequences and failure to present key evidence, rendered the contempt conviction invalid

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Whether the permanent injunction issued against Petitioner violated his First Amendment rights by constituting an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech. II. Whether the Colorado courts erred in failing to apply a statute of limitations to punitive contempt proceedings, contrary to due process and fundamental fairness. III. Whether ineffective assistance of counsel, including failure to advise Petitioner of potential sentencing consequences and failure to present key evidence, rendered the contempt conviction invalid.

Docket Entries

2025-03-03
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-10
Waiver of Colorado, ex rel. Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado, ex rel. Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, et al. to respond filed.
2025-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2025)
2025-01-16
Application (24A679) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 3, 2025.
2025-01-06
Application (24A679) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 12, 2025 to March 13, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Adam Cole Shryock
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner
Colorado, ex rel. Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, et al.
Shannon Wells StevensonColorado Department of Law, Respondent
Shannon Wells StevensonColorado Department of Law, Respondent