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LeRoy K. Wheeler v. North Dakota, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-3027 · judgment December 10, 2019


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Do poor pro-se prisoners have a constitutional right to access the courts and to justice that will compel courts to rule on the merits of valid constitutional claims that is above a prejudicial point of view of judges ?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leroy Wheeler

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
  3. Apr 13 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 21, 2020)