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Michael Wigginton, Jr. v. The University of Mississippi, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60268 · judgment July 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 25, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–13%)

Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Whether the Fifth Circuit’s grant of qualified immunity to the state actors named in the instant matter was violative of Supreme Court precedent established in Hope v. Pelzer and congressional intent in enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Keith L. Flicker
Flicker, Garelick & Associates

For respondent
Paul B. Watkins Jr.
Mayo Mallette, PLLC

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 25, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 25 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 06 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
  3. Dec 17 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent The Univesity of Mississippi, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 24 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2020)