James P. Tatten v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al.

Petitioner James P. Tatten was admitted to the Bar of this Court on August 27, 1999. On November 8, 2008, Tatten was the victim of a violent assault that caused severe, traumatic-brain injury. He is disabled and lives with significant cognitive impairments and limitations. Tatten is pro Se. This case results from the conduct of state and non-state actors seeking to collect a time-barred debt. The questions presented are: Whether this Court's decision in Haines v. Kerner permits a United States Court of Appeals to create a special and unique pro se pleading standard for cognitively-disabled litigants. Whether the court erred in barring 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to non-judicial foreclosure proceedings. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits non-judicial foreclosure to authorize a state actor to sell and vest title in real property secured by a deed of trust extinguished by operation of state law.