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Edward Michael Nero, et al. v. Marilyn J. Mosby
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1166, 17-1168, 17-1169 · judgment May 7, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a prosecutor is acting as an “advocate” and is entitled to absolute immunity when the prosecutor performs an investigation and provides those investigatory materials to a law enforcement officer. Whether a prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity when the prosecutor provides legal advice, including legal advice as to the existence of probable cause, to a law enforcement officer.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Catherine Flynn
THE LAW FIRM OF CATHERINE FLYNN
For respondent
Karl Aram Pothier
Office of the Maryland Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
18A101
Order
Order list, November 13, 2018 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 13 2018Petition DENIED.
- Oct 24 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
- Oct 12 2018Waiver of right of respondent Marilyn Mosby to respond filed.
- Oct 04 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2018)
- Jul 31 2018Application (18A101) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 4, 2018.
- Jul 26 2018Application (18A101) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 5, 2018 to October 4, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.