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Edmund Lowell Fields v. Fredeane Artis, Warden
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-1750 · judgment August 29, 2025
Question presented
I. PER THE MINISTERIAL DUTIES SET FORTH IN FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 4(a)(6) DOES "ACTUAL NOTICE" SUPERSEDE "FORMAL NOTICE," AND SHOULD THE RULE'S "PERMISSIBLE LANGUAGE" CONCERNING GRANTING RELIEF SUPERSEDE ITS "EQUITABLE INTENT"? • II. IS IT EQUITABLE TO PERMIT THE SAME PARTY THAT DEPRIVED FIELDS OF DUE PROCESS [BY FAILING TO PROVIDE HIM "FORMAL NOTICE" PER FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 77(d) AS REQUIRED.BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 4(a)(6)] TO BE THE ONLY PARTY THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE HHETHER OR NOT HE-SHALL BE GRANTED RELIEF ON THE AFORESAID VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Edmund Lowell Fields
For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 11 2025Waiver of right of respondent Fredeane Artis, Warden to respond filed.
- Nov 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)