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Melissa Davenport, et al. v. City of Sandy Springs, Georgia

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 14-15499 · judgment August 23, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 26, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition citing three to ten dissents, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether the mootness of claims for prospective relief renders federal courts powerless to decide a claim for nominal damages.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Thomas Goldberg
Donahue & Goldberg, LLP

For respondent
Scott D. Bergthold
Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold, P.L.L.C.

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A501

Order
Order list, March 26, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 26 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/23/2018.
  3. Mar 07 2018
    Reply of petitioners Melissa Davenport, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Feb 15 2018
    Brief of respondent City of Sandy Springs, Georgia in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 16 2018
    Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project and Reason Foundation filed.
  6. Jan 16 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Restoring Religious Freedom Project, et al. filed.
  7. Jan 04 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 15, 2018.
  8. Jan 02 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 16, 2018 to February 15, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Dec 15 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 16, 2018)
  10. Nov 09 2017
    Application (17A501) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 15, 2017.
  11. Nov 03 2017
    Application (17A501) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 21, 2017 to December 15, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.