Fair notice of court fees
Roman Vladimirovich Serpik v. Oklahoma
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Roman Vladimirovich Serpik asks the Supreme Court to review Oklahoma Rule 8 fee-enforcement proceedings, arguing that mismatched names and captions, billing errors, and notice problems denied him due process and further state-court review.
- What's at stake
- The petition asks whether the alleged name, billing and notice problems affected Serpik’s chance to receive proper notice and comply with Oklahoma’s fee order; that question remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He also asked to proceed without prepaying fees.
Serpik says Oklahoma used an LLC-related name on a fee bill, receipt and enforcement order, even though the verdict used his personal name, and sent notices to the LLC’s business address. These are his claims, not Supreme Court findings.
Serpik’s filing also asks to pursue the Supreme Court case without paying fees in advance.
Question presented
1. Whether Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution is implicated where a state court refuses review of a constitutional challenge to Rule 8 enforcement, while related state proceedings are terminated by orders directing that future filings be returned unfiled, effectively foreclosing further state-court review of objections concerning court identity records, caption designations, notice, and judicial process. 2. Whether due process under the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state court issues a court-fee bill, payment receipt, and Rule 8 enforcement order under the entity caption "ROMAN SERPIK"-LLC (DBA "ROMAN VLADIMIROVICH SERPIK") , despite the verdict identifying the defendant solely as "Roman Vladimirovich Serpik," a/k/a Roman Serpik, a/k/a Roman V. Serpik, and despite a binding appellate mandate (Okla. Sup. Ct. No. M-2023-910, Footnote 1) requiring inclusion of all versions of the name. 3. Whether a Rule 8 payment order is constitutionally valid when the underlying fee bill contains billing errors, charges assessed to the LLC entity "ROMAN SERPIK," and was never corrected to reflect the verdict identity "Roman Vladimirovich Serpik, " thereby preventing Petitioner from receiving lawful notice, a correct receipt, or meaningful opportunity to comply before enforcement. 4. Whether due process is violated when the District Attorney charged the LLC entity "ROMAN SERPIK," mailed all notices to the business address of Roman Serpik LLC (105 Janets Way, Ste. C-228), and never corrected the caption to match the warrantless-arrest identity "SERPIK, ROMAN VLADIMIROVICH," resulting in mis-delivery, improper notice, structural identity variance, and a defective appellate caption ("Roman Serpik v. Oklahoma") .
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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Sources
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