Jones v. Griggs

ORDER

In these two appeals (which we consolidate for disposition), Earl Key seeks to litigate claims on behalf of April Jones, who suffers from early-onset Huntington’s disease and was adjudicated incompetent by state and federal courts. (Huntington’s disease is a neurological disorder that, as a result of brain-cell deterioration, causes uncontrollable bodily movements and a decline in cognitive abilities.) In the first suit (No. 12-2094), Key, purporting to act as Jones’s “next-friend,” sued Lumar Griggs, Jones’s state-appointed permanent guardian, to challenge state-court orders finding…