Right to represent yourself
Anthony Dominic Seven v. Utah
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Anthony Dominic Seven asks the U.S.
- What's at stake
- Seven has no U.S. Supreme Court ruling on his request for relief yet.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Supreme Court to review his claims that Utah courts denied his constitutional rights through judicial misconduct and ineffective counsel, including by denying him the chance to represent himself and relying on an allegedly false finding that he was incompetent. His petition was distributed for a conference, which is not a decision to hear the case.
Seven also alleges that defense counsel used false information and testimony in a finding that he was incompetent. That is his claim, not a finding by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Seven's petition challenges how Utah courts handled his criminal case, including his claims of judicial misconduct and ineffective counsel.
Question presented
1. Upon this petitioner, the following five felonies were committed through judicial misconduct and ineffective counsel in case 191904490 - 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 Antitrust, 18 U.S.C. § 241 Conspiracy against rights, 18 U.S.C. § 1001 False statements, 18 U.S.C. § 1621 Perjury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a) False declarations before a court. The Utah Court of Appeals denied the appeal citing law deemed unconstitutional by the Utah Supreme Court. Is it the Utah Supreme Courts responsibility to provide relief when all lower courts approved the use of felony crimes by the judicial body as part of extreme prejudice in pursuit of a conviction? 2. Is it the Utah Supreme Courts responsibility to provide relief when the Petitioner provides evidence that U.S. Constitutional amendments VI and XIV were unlawfully and forcefully denied through orchestrated efforts within the District Court? 3. The District Court refused defendant "pro se" opportunity. Defendant was declared competent to proceed to trial. With abundant exculpatory evidence available, forced public defense used false information and perjured testimony to declare defendant incompetent. Is it the Utah Supreme Courts responsibility to act when a district court strips a citizen of all their constitutional rights forever through a verifiably false incompetency determination orchestrated by ineffective counsel followed by a denial of pro se appeal using law deemed unconstitutional?
What happens next
The justices are scheduled to consider the petition at a conference on Dec. 4, 2026. That does not guarantee they will agree to hear the case or issue an order that day.
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Sources
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