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David Martin v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-1915 · judgment September 3, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether federal abstention doctrines bar § 1983 claims challenging a state court default judgment entered without constitutionally adequate notice under Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306 (1950), and without personal jurisdiction, when state appellate courts have dismissed all appeals and no state forum remains available to vindicate federal constitutional rights.
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Whether Sprint Communications Inc. v. Jacobs, 571 U.S. 69 (2013), permits federal courts to apply Younger abstention to § 1983 claims challenging purely administrative acts by court clerks (document alteration and withholding), rather than ongoing state judicial proceedings.
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Whether notice of a remote court proceeding that omits required access information (Zoom credentials) satisfies the Due Process Clause's requirement of notice "reasonably calculated, under all the circumstances, to apprise interested parties," Mullane, 339 U.S. at 314.
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Whether a state college-contribution statute violates the Due Process Clause by authorizing judicial proceedings in the absence of a justiciable controversy between the parties, Belleville Toyota, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 770 N.E.2d 177, 185 (Ill. 2002), and whether the state court lacked subject matter jurisdiction when the defendant offered full contribution through a 529 college savings plan [SA2], the plaintiff rejected those offers, and no genuine dispute existed requiring judicial resolution, thereby rendering the judgment void, Thos. P. Gonzalez Corp. v. Consejo Nacional de Produccion de Costa Rica, 614 F.2d 1247, 1256 (9th Cir. 1980).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Terrence Martin
For respondent
Frank Henry Bieszczat
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 04 2026Waiver of right of respondents Kwame Raoul and Judge Gregory Emmett Ahern, Jr. to respond filed.
- Dec 23 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)