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J. H., By Conservator, Betty Harris v. Williamson County, Tennessee, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-5874 · judgment February 27, 2020

Certiorari denied · November 16, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Is Hope v. Pelzer dead in the Court’s analysis of qualified immunity? If Hope v. Pelzer is dead, the lower courts, the federal court bar, and the legislative bodies must know so that they can further define the parameters of immunity judicially and legislatively.
If Hope v. Pelzer is not dead, this Court must define when other authorities, such as statutes, policies, administrative orders, and published professional opinions establish that a reasonable state actor defendant had “fair warning” that his conduct was unconstitutional.

For petitioner
Larry L. Crain
Church Law Institute

For respondent
Elisabeth McGhee Carson
Buerger, Moseley & Carson, PLC

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Nov 16 2020
Petition DENIED.
Oct 28 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
Oct 12 2020
Brief of respondents Williamson County, Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 11 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2020)