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Heather Marlowe v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15205 · judgment February 20, 2019
Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
I. When does a Monell-based equal protection claim brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accrue for statute of limitations purposes? Specifically, does the claim accrue when the plaintiff learns of her own injury, or when she learns of evidence demonstrating a discriminatory policy or custom? II. Does a plaintiff state an equal protection claim based on a municipality’s systemic failure to investigate rape cases, 90 percent of which involve women, in favor of other “more important” crimes?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Becky Walker James
James & Associates
For respondent
Margaret Watry Baumgartner
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Linked docket
18A1179
Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Aug 23 2019Brief amici curiae of Civil Rights Organizations--Civil Rights Forum and California Women Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 31 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jul 23 2019Waiver of right of respondents City and County of San Francisco, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 22 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2019)
- May 15 2019Application (18A1179) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 20, 2019.
- May 13 2019Application (18A1179) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 21, 2019 to July 20, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.