In re Williams
In brief
The Supreme Court declined to review Williams’s request (denied the petition), so it did not decide the underlying delay claims or require either lower court to act.
- Where it stands
- Decided
Decided · May 18, 2020
- What it’s about
- The petitioner asked the Supreme Court to intervene because a federal district court had not ruled for more than two years on a reconsideration motion, and the Eleventh Circuit had not ruled for more than one year on a mandamus petition seeking to compel action.
- Who it affects
- Williams received no Supreme Court order requiring the Middle District of Florida or the Eleventh Circuit to act, and the Court left both delay questions undecided in this docket.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court denied the requested relief, so the petitioner did not obtain an order requiring either lower court to act.
The district court motion sought reconsideration of an order denying relief from a judgment, while the Eleventh Circuit petition sought an order requiring action.
Question presented
1. Whether the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, abused its discretion and/or exceeded its jurisdiction by failing to rule on Petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration of the Court’s Order Denying Petitioner’s Motion for Relief from Judgment, which has been pending for over two years? 2. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion and/or exceeded its jurisdiction by failing to rule on Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus, which has been pending for over one year?
What the Court decided
Holding
Petition DENIED.
What's next
The Supreme Court's docket action is finished. This record does not show what either lower court did next.
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- How long had the lower-court matters been pending?
- Williams said the district-court reconsideration motion had been pending for more than two years and the Eleventh Circuit mandamus petition for more than one year.
Sources
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