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Johanna Ong, et al. v. Hudson County Superior Court, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 18-1213 · judgment October 2, 2018


Certiorari denied · April 29, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the lower courts repeatedly violate the Petitioners' Constitutional protections, including Fifth] Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights and Eighth Amendment Rights? Should this court direct an award of damages to the Petitioners due to the bodily harm inflicted by Sherriff's Officers? Were the Petitioners' claims improperly time barred by the statute of limitations? Should the Government Respondents be stripped of sovereign immunity due to their repeated constitutional violations?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Johanna Ong

For respondent
Michael L. Dermody
Hudson County Counsel Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A609

Proceedings

  1. Apr 29 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 10 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
  3. Mar 27 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Jefferson City Medical Center to respond filed.
  4. Mar 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Hudson County Superior Court, Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, NJ Dep't of Human Services, and Trenton Psychiatric Hospital to respond filed.
  5. Mar 12 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Hudson County Sheriff's Department to respond filed.
  6. Mar 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)
  7. Dec 12 2018
    Application (18A609) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 1, 2019.
  8. Dec 06 2018
    Application (18A609) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 31, 2018 to March 1, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.