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Jeffrey Rivard v. Vermont

IFP petition · Supreme Court of Vermont, No. 25-AP-241 · judgment July 25, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025

Question presented

I. Whether the Vermont Supreme Court’s denial of Petitioner’s right to file a pro se motion to vacate and modify probation based on newly discovered evidence and constitutional errors violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. II. Whether the use of expunged and sealed records in presentence investigation report without jury instruction on the Batterer’s Intervention Program undermones fundamental fairness and warrants Supreme Court review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Rivard

For respondent
Jonathan Todd Rose
Office of the Vermont Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 19 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Nov 13 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Vermont to respond filed.
  4. Aug 21 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)