No. 25-5243

Karen Y. Baez v. Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mootness-doctrine pro-se-complaint
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-10-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court violates due process and equal protection by dismissing a pro se complaint as frivolous without full record review or addressing claims of fraud and misconduct, and whether courts improperly apply mootness doctrine to foreclose judicial scrutiny of systemic misconduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1) Whether a district court violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by dismissing a factually supported pro se complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), without reviewing the full record or addressing serious claims of fraud, abuse of process, and professional misconduct —particularly where the allegations implicate violations of judicial and attorney ethical duties. 2) Whether the lower courts ’ application of the mootness doctrine —without considering well-established exceptions such as ongoing collateral consequences and matters capable of repetition yet evading review — improperly foreclosed judicial scrutiny of claims involving systemic misconduct, abuse of corporate structures, malicious litigation, and the improper denial of equitable tolling. 3) Whether a court may summarily dismiss a pro se complaint at the screening stage based on a compelled, oversimplified claim form, perceived procedural defects, or subjective assessments of damages —while disregarding the original complaint ’s factual complexity and legal plausibility —in contravention of Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Rule 8, Rule 11, and the constitutional right of access to the courts recognized in Bounds v. Smith and Lewis v. Casey. Petition No.

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)

Attorneys

Karen Baez
Karen Y. Baez — Petitioner
Karen Y. Baez — Petitioner