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Angeliina Lynn Lawson v. Jonathan David Lawson

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-3097 · judgment December 11, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 2, 2026

Question presented

1 Whether 28 U.S.C. §1443(1) permits removal to federal court when a pro se litigant with disabilities alleges systemic discrimination, retaliation, and structural exclusion by a statexourtt"!Xa11v Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fourteenth Amendment or whether §1443(1) is categorically limited to rights stated in racial terms, despite modern equal protection jurisprudence recognizing race­ neutral civil rights protections.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Angeliina L. Lawson

For respondent
Jonathan Lawson

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A805

Proceedings

  1. Mar 02 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 12 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
  3. Feb 02 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Jonathan Lawson to respond filed.
  4. Jan 13 2026
    Application (25A805) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
  5. Jan 13 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Angeliina Lynn Lawson filed.
  6. Dec 17 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)
  7. Dec 17 2025
    Application (25A805) for a stay, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.