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David Paul Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tennessee

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-5016 · judgment November 4, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. Whether a rational juror could find that the Petitioner, a police officer, had a First Amendment right to speak to a local prosecutor about corruption in his police department

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Andrew Justice III
The Justice Law Office

For respondent
Cassandra Marie Crane
Farrar and Bates, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 14 2021
    Reply of petitioner David Bohler filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jul 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  4. Jun 19 2021
    Brief of respondent City of Fairview, Tennessee in opposition filed.
  5. Jun 17 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Shane Dunning and Joseph Cox to respond filed.
  6. May 14 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)