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Dwight E. Jordan v. City of Darien, Georgia, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 16-17721 · judgment September 28, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 17, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does the existence of probable cause defeat a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim as a matter of law?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP

For respondent
Phillip L. Hartley
Harben, Hartley, & Hawkins, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Linked docket
17A958

Proceedings

  1. Jun 17 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 10 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
  3. Jun 03 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
  4. May 28 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
  5. Sep 12 2018
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Dwight E. Jordan filed. (Distributed)
  6. Jun 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  7. May 23 2018
    Brief of respondents City of Darien, Georgia, Archie Davis, Donnie Howard, and Anthony Brown in opposition filed.
  8. May 23 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Bonita Caldwell to respond filed.
  9. May 21 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Nicholas Roundtree to respond filed.
  10. Apr 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 23, 2018)
  11. Mar 13 2018
    Application (17A958) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 16, 2018.
  12. Mar 02 2018
    Application (17A958) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 15, 2018 to April 16, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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