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John Laurence Berman v. Richard Jordan, Senior Judge, Circuit Court of Maryland, Montgomery County, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1497 · judgment September 23, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
- Is the Fourth Circuit’s published “informal briefing” sheet a fraud, such that its statement (the following) is ignored: “The Court will consider this case according to the written issues, facts, and arguments presented in the Informal Briefs. ... Informal Briefs may be filed on the form provided or in memorandum or formal briefing format?” YES. PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING PlaintiffTPetitioner Berman has been a victim of: 1) torture (under the definition of the UN Convention Against Torture1); 2) attempted 1 Berman submitted his complaint to the UN CAT committee and learned, in the response, that although the US is a signatory to the Convention, it does not “recognize the competence” of the Convention’s enforcing committee (Article 28: “Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in article 20”), which absurdity allows the Convention to be toothless,
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John L. Berman
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jan 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 9, 2025)