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Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-11785 · judgment January 6, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–11%)

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 dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Questions presented

  1. Under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of harm to a plaintiff based on an inmate’s personal characteristics when considered in combination with material facts on the record?

  2. Does the Eighth Amendment require a plaintiff to notify prison officials of a specific risk of harm, including the name of an assailant and the specific form of harm?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mario Bernard Williams
HDR, LLC

For respondent
Andrew Alan Pinson
Office of the Georgia Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jul 02 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Bradley Hooks, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jun 04 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2020)