No. 25-6351

Anthony James Merrick v. Kenneth Herman, Former Administrator of Religious and Volunteer Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-12
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-decisions prisoners-rights
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether inmates have a First and Fourteenth Amendment right to be provided common law/judicial decisions to comply with court orders and exercise free speech rights

Docket Entries

2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)

Attorneys

Anthony J. Merrick
Anthony James Merrick — Petitioner