No. 25-5807

Tamatha Lynn Melom v. Stone County, Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2025-10-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the seizure, destruction, and permanent transfer of a citizen's lawfully owned dogs, based on untested hearsay, without production of police reports, and without an opportunity to confront witnesses, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

2. Whether a state court violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by relying on testimony from a witness who was subpoenaed but never appeared, and by prohibiting the accused from presenting exculpatory evidence such as sworn affidavits and physical proof.

3. Whether judicial bias and selective enforcement - including mischaracterizing a private custody agreement as a "court order" to claim a violation - violate the Equal Protection Clause and the right to a fair trial.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the seizure, destruction, and permanent transfer of a citizen's lawfully owned dogs, based on untested hearsay, without production of police reports, and without an opportunity to confront witnesses, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; Whether a state court violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by relying on testimony from a witness who was subpoenaed but never appeared, and by prohibiting the accused from presenting exculpatory evidence such as sworn affidavits and physical proof; Whether judicial bias and selective enforcement including mischaracterizing a private custody agreement as a 'court order' to claim a violation violate the Equal Protection Clause and the right to a fair trial

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 5, 2025)

Attorneys

Tamatha L. Melom
Tamatha Lynn Melom — Petitioner