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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

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 20, 2018 · Certiorari denied

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)