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Jane Doe, et vir, Individually and as the Natural Parents and Next of Kin of Minor Doe v. Jackson Local School District Board of Education, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-3019 · judgment April 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · December 7, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Whether DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep’t of Soc. Servs. created the exception of the State Created Danger Test?
What are the elements and factors for the State Created Danger Test for all Circuits to follow?
Whether the State Created Danger Test requires a prerequisite knowledge of the specific act in order to find deliberate indifference and culpability?

For petitioner
Laura L. Mills
Mills, Mills, Fiely & Lucas

For respondent
Scott C. Peters
Peters Kalail & Markakis Co., L.P.A.

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Dec 07 2020
Petition DENIED.
Nov 17 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Nov 17 2020
Reply of petitioners Jane Doe, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 03 2020
Brief of respondents Jackson Local School District Board of Education, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 02 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 3, 2020.
Oct 01 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to November 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 27 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)