No. 08-IN THE

Supreme

Court of the United States

STEPHAN J. LAWRENCE

Petitioner

.ALAN GOLDBERG, ET AL

Respondents

On Petition For a Writ of Certiorari to theUnited States Court of AppealsFor the Eleventh Circuit

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Stephan J. Lawrence,

pro se

19500 Turnberry Way # 23AAventura, FL 33180(754) 204-3009

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

Whether a court can, at the request of alitigant, initiate and conduct civil contemptproceedings in a manner inconsistent with theConstitution and statutory protections of law usingamorphous standards to

indefinitely

imprison adebtor (here for over six years) and fine himapproximately $30,000,000, without charging himwith a crime and trying him before a jury and withoutguidance from this Court as to the rights due him.2.

Whether an indeterminate fine of approximately $30,000,000 imposed on individualbankruptcy debtor, without identification of the payeeparty, and without ability to pay and imprisonmentfor over six years, is a criminal contempt sanction in

light of International Union, UAW v. Bagwell

, 512U.S. 821 (1994)3.

Whether the use of civil contempt

―equity‖ powers

and secret proceedings in bankruptcycourt against a debtor, concerning turnover of assetstransferred six years prior to a bankruptcy filing,violates the Fifth Amendment

’s

due process clauseand privilege against self-incrimination, and theSixth Amendment where (1) the debtor had beensecretly referred

to the U.S. Attorney’s Office

forprosecution; (2) no immunity was granted

; (3) the ―actof production‖ constitutes an admission to hiding

estate assets, a bankruptcy crime; and (4)

the debtor

’

sself-incrimination claims, all other claims, and fineswere ruled to be unreviewable