No. 25-154

Michael Prete v. Rhode Island

Lower Court: Rhode Island
Docketed: 2025-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment habeas-corpus interlocutory-appeals judicial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court's interpretation of interlocutory appeals and disbarment proceedings violated constitutional due process and First Amendment protections

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Did this Court ’s Abney v. United States, 431 U.S. 651 (1977), decision limit the permissibility of interlocutory appeals by defendants in criminal cases to ONLY double jeopardy claims? If, as Abney makes clear, no such limitation exists, did the R.I. Supreme Court ’s (“RISC ”) intentional defiance of this Court ’s binding case-law unconstitutionally strip Petitioner of Due Process, Equal Protection, Etc. Guarantees? Did RISC violate Petitioner ’s First Amendment rights against retaliation for Petitioner ’s exercise of Constitutionally Protected Free Speech when RISC unconstitutionally, etc. stripped Petitioner of his RI law license for, as RISC expressly stated in its disbarment order, exposing the R.I. Judiciary ’s corruption, etc. and has, to date, refused to reinstate Petitioner? Has the R.I. Judiciary ’s repeated defiances of Constitutional Guarantees, this Court ’s binding caselaw, etc. (e.g. RIJ intentionally defying this Court ’s Abney ruling, RIJ ruling Petitioner isn’t entitled to exculpatory evidence, RIJ disallowing Petitioner from subpoenaing defense witnesses, RIJ allowing Prosecution to prohibit both Petitioner and any potential future jury from reviewing the supposed evidence (the bills) of the alleged crime, etc., etc., etc. (some briefly discussed herein)) demonstrated that it Page i of x is prima facie impossible for Petitioner to receive a fair process at any level, etc. (hence the reason for Petitioner ’s Habeas Petition)? Does Petitioner ’s interlocutory appeal fit within the collateral-order exception to the final-judgment rule? Did RISC ’s intentional refusal to enforce, comply with, etc. R.I. Law (e.g. R.I.G.L. §9-24-7), etc. (guaranteeing Petitioner the right to appeal interlocutorily) unconstitutionally strip Petitioner of Due Process, Equal Protection, Etc. Guarantees? Page ii of x

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-10-31
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-15
Supplemental brief of petitioner Michael Prete filed. (Distributed)
2025-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-28
Waiver of right of respondent State of Rhode Island to respond filed.
2025-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2025)
2025-05-21
Application (24A1129) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until August 4, 2025.
2025-05-08
Application (24A1129) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2025 to August 4, 2025, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Michael Prete
Michael Prete — Petitioner
Michael Prete — Petitioner
State of Rhode Island
Christopher Robinson BushRhode Island Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Christopher Robinson BushRhode Island Office of the Attorney General, Respondent