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