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Jane Doe v. James T. DeWees, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, No. 2947, 3124, September Term, 2018 · judgment May 6, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The fundamental right of all persons to seek remedy for injury via the courts has been variously grounded in Article IV’s privileges and immunities clause, the First Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. Actions seeking remedy are necessarily filed in the names of the real parties in interest. It has long been established that a person has the right to sue in the name which he has chosen for himself and the name by which he known and identified by other humans in society; this is a common law right throughout the States. Question: Do homeless people known by their common-law names and without home addresses have a constitutional right to sue in state courts for remedy of injuries?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jane Doe
For respondent
Wendy L. Shiff
Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 28 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 13 2021Waiver of right of respondent James DeWees to respond filed.
- Mar 22 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)