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Veronica Hartfield, et al. v. Eighth Judicial District for Nevada, Clark County, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 75073 · judgment February 27, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
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

When does a private citizen’s constitutional right to privacy in personal information such as medical records protect him from the long overreach of a free and unfettered press? Can respondents violate petitioners’ fundamental privacy right in medical records when respondents can point to no legitimate interest in such information?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Jean Joseph Roger
Sgro and Roger

For respondent
Laura C. Rehfeldt
Clark County Dist. Atty. Office-Civil Division

Case

Subject area
Privacy (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 16 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Office of Clark County Coroner to respond filed.
  4. Jun 07 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2018)