No. 25-5572

Robert Gene Rega v. Lorraine Rega Scottie

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-malfeasance appeal-dismissal court-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner's right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment was violated when the Clerk of Court for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals caused petitioner's appeal to be dismissed due to malfeasance and failure to place the appeal on the calendar for panel review

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S RIGHT OT DUE PROCESS UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE CLERK OF COURT FOR THE FOUTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS CAUSED PETITIONER'S APPEAL TO BE DISMISSED AS A RESULT OF MALFEASANCE WHEN THE CLERK SHELVED PETITIONER'S APPEAL FOR OVER A YEAR BY FAILING TO PLACE SAID APPEAL ON THE CALENDAR FOR PANEL REVIEW PURSUANT TO 4TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS LOCAL RULE R.A.P. I.O.P. RULE 34.1, AND INTERCEPTED A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE BY PETITIONER WHICH SOUGHT REVIEW OF THE APPEAL, AND AS A RESULT, CAUSED ALL OF PETITIONER ’S CLAIMS TO BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED. WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S RIGHT OT DUE PROCESS UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE FOUTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SUMMARILY DISMISSED PETITIONER'S APPEAL AS A RESULT OF A PERFUNCTORY AND ROTE REVIEW OF ALL CLAIMS RAISED IN THE APPEAL, IF SAID APPEAL WAS REVIEWED AT ALL.

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-06-23
Application (24A1270) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 26, 2025.
2025-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 8, 2025)
2025-06-02
Application (24A1270) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 11, 2025 to July 26, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Robert Gene Rega
Robert Gene Rega — Petitioner
Robert Gene Rega — Petitioner