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Lisa Marie Michel v. New Hampshire

IFP petition · Supreme Court of New Hampshire, No. 2025-0637 · judgment June 1, 2026


Pending

Questions presented

  1. Whether due process permits a criminal defendant to bear the consequences of unresolved institutional facts necessary to determine compliance, materiality, prejudice, or meaningful review where the defendant cannot independently create or certify those facts and timely sought judicial procedures to establish them.

  2. Whether due process permits preserved constitutional claims to be rejected for an. inadequate appellate record where the defendant identified the inadequacy before briefing and timely sought judicial establishment of material portions of the record she could not independently create.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lisa Marie Michel

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
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Proceedings

  1. Aug 31 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 9, 2026)