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Harold Werkheiser v. Pocono Township Board of Supervisors, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3975 · judgment August 10, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Is the First Amendment violated when municipal actors retaliate against an elected official in his personal capacity as a municipal employee, for his protected activity as an elected official?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael S. Fettner
Lyman & Ash

For respondent
Steven Eric Hoffman
Norris McLaughlin and Marcus, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 10 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Jan 04 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Pocono Township, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 05 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2018)