No. 25-5195

Missouri, ex rel. Steven Albert Martin v. Ann Hansbrough, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Platte County, Missouri, et al.

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2025-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: declaratory-judgment due-process fiduciary-control fourteenth-amendment judicial-inaction state-court
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court may constitutionally refuse to act on a properly filed Petition for Declaratory Judgment regarding private trusts and fiduciary control without violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state court may constitutionally refuse to act on a properly filed Petition for Declaratory Judgment regarding private trusts and fiduciary control without violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 2. Whether prolonged judicial silence constitutes a constructive denial of access to remedy, violating the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments and Missouri Constitution Article I, Sections 10 and 14. 3. Whether refusal to recognize valid trust instruments and fiduciary designations constitutes an unconstitutional impairment of contracts under Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution. 4. Whether a state court ’s inaction in a matter involving federal constitutional rights, property rights, and Indigenous claims amounts to a functional bill of attainder in violation of Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. 5. Whether Missouri ’s judiciary, by wholly refusing to address a pro se indigent petitioner ’s filings and hardship claims, has surrendered state sovereignty in this matter and triggered federal supervisory jurisdiction under Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. 6. Whether an emergency situation such as this permits the Court to expedite process and procedure in order to prevent ongoing harm. 1 In the Supreme Court of the United States

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-31
Motion to expedite filed by petitioner Steven A. Martin.
2025-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)

Attorneys

Steven A. Martin
Steven Albert Martin — Petitioner
Steven Albert Martin — Petitioner