legal-nullity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5158 Bernard J. Battle v. United States District of Columbia 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance legal-nullity plea-bargaining procedural-default sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a guilty plea obtained in direct contravention of the express provisions of an applicable statute renders the sentence illegal, and consequent…
21-5564 Russell Jay Reger v. Texas Texas 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge legal-nullity personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Is an uncontested void judgment still viewed by this court as being 'mere waste paper'?
20-8069 Walter L. Merritte v. Illinois Illinois 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-order due-process illinois-supreme-court judicial-review jurisdiction legal-nullity procedural-authority separation-of-powers standing supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court Orders Denying Review are Null and Void For Want of Authority?