No. 25-6449

Cynthia Lynn Pollick v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-12-30
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights disorderly-conduct due-process legal-counsel pro-se sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when a pro se litigant was not provided legal counsel during a misdemeanor disorderly conduct trial while incarcerated in a divorce proceeding

Docket Entries

2026-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-29
Reply of petitioner Cynthia L. Pollick filed.
2026-01-20
Brief of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in opposition submitted.
2026-01-20
Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2025-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2026)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lisa Ann SwiftLackawanna Co. Dist. Atty., Respondent
Lisa Ann SwiftLackawanna Co. Dist. Atty., Respondent
Cynthia L. Pollick
Cynthia L. Pollick — Petitioner
Cynthia L. Pollick — Petitioner