No. 25-6617

Naquea Elaine Johnson v. New Jersey, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-challenge section-1983 state-actors
Latest Conference: 2026-05-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether federal courts violate due process and equal protection by denying in forma pauperis status based on gross income that includes mandatory payments under jurisdictionally void orders, when the IFP denial forecloses the § 1983 action seeking to challenge state actors' unauthorized exercise of power and prevents access to discovery documenting the jurisdictional violations.

II. Whether M.L.B. v. S.L.J.'s prohibition on wealth barriers to fundamental rights adjudication extends to § 1983 claims challenging state actors' deprivation of parental rights through jurisdictionally void orders issued without subject-matter jurisdiction and without constitutionally mandated procedural safeguards.

III. Whether state actors violate § 1983 when they exercise authority over an interstate child removal after an appellate court orders a mandatory jurisdictional hearing that never occurs, issue orders without subject-matter jurisdiction, and deprive a parent of fundamental liberty interests without due process, creating a federal question that is not barred by Rooker-Feldman or the domestic-relations exception.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts violate due process by denying in forma pauperis status when such denial prevents challenging jurisdictionally void state actor orders and impedes access to discovery

Docket Entries

2026-04-15
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
2026-04-13
Application (25A1122) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 12, 2026.
2026-04-08
Application (25A1122) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of an extension of time within which to comply, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2026-04-04
Motion for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by petitioner.
2026-03-23
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until April 13, 2026, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2026-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
2026-03-02
Supplemental brief of petitioner Naquea Elaine Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2026)
2026-01-08
Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner.

Attorneys

Naquea Johnson
Naquea Johnson — Petitioner