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In Re Billy Marvin Witt, III, et ux.

IFP petition


Certiorari denied · March 30, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the warrantless arrest and 24-hour detention of Petitioner Billy Marvin Witt III on April 3, 2024, violated his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

  2. Whether the warrantless arrest and subsequent strip search of Co-Petitioner Jeanie Rochelle Witt on April 3, 2024, violated her constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, especially considering her disability and lack of probable cause.

  3. Whether the ongoing pattern of harassment and retaliation by Clay County law enforcement—including a militarized four-hour standoff at Petitioners’ home on July 2, 2024, repeated predatory traffic stops by multiple officers, and the stacking of new felony charges arising from the April 3rd incident—justifies this Court’s extraordinary intervention.

  4. Whether the practice of judicial overreach, including entering pleas for defendants against their will, coercing pleas under duress, and denying defendants the opportunity to present medical hardship evidence, violates constitutional due process guarantees.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Billy Marvin Witt

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 30 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 12 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
  3. Jun 07 2025
    Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.