No. 25-6485

Michelle Renee Morton v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2026-01-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-proceedings due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-defect structural-error void-ab-initio
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a conviction initiated by a warrant issued by a magistrate who is later adjudicated constitutes a structural jurisdictional defect rendering the judgment void ab initio, and whether a state may use Deferred Judgment and PCR rules to bar state court review of an alleged structural flaw in the initiation of criminal proceedings

Docket Entries

2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-22
Waiver of Iowa of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
2025-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Iowa
Darrel MullinsIowas Dept. of Justice, Respondent
Darrel MullinsIowas Dept. of Justice, Respondent
Michelle Renee Morton
Michelle Renee Morton — Petitioner
Michelle Renee Morton — Petitioner