Sheila Hallman-Warner v. Bluefield State College Board of Governors

Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state supreme court to affirm enforcement of a settlement agreement while declining to address properly raised federal constitutional claims challenging retaliation, fraud, and deprivation of due process.

Whether due process is violated when a state court refuses to consider newly obtained forensic evidence of alleged fraud in the execution of a settlement agreement.

Whether disabled pro se litigants are denied meaningful access to the courts when state courts fail to compel evidence, and fail to address constitutional claims.

Whether enforcement of a settlement agreement under state contract law principles may bar consideration of preserved federal constitutional claims where the petitioner alleges coercion arising from retaliatory governmental conduct.