No. 25-5192

John Patrick Fletcher v. Bryan Coleman, Warden

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2025-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: illegal-seizure judicial-process kidnapping-statute law-enforcement subject-matter-jurisdiction warrant-clause
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement can use judicial acts to further an illegal seizure and whether courts possess subject matter jurisdiction over such acts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

After law enforcement has illegally seized a person from his home —without a warrant or a recognized exception to the Warrant Clause —and consequently, met all of the pleading elements of the state ’s kidnapping statute: 1. May law enforcement use judicial acts and processes to further their illegal seizure of a person without furthering their own illegal conduct? 2. Do courts possess subject matter jurisdiction over the acts and processes so used, in particular, ex post facto acts and processes? 3. May courts pass on an explicit challenge their subject matter jurisdiction to act? Page ii of vi PRELIMINARY INFORMATION A. List of All Parties All parties do not appear in the caption to the case on the cover page. A list of all

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)

Attorneys

John P. Fletcher
John Patrick Fletcher — Petitioner
John Patrick Fletcher — Petitioner