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Ali Al-Maqablh v. Crystal L. Heinz, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-5548 · judgment January 4, 2022


GVR'd · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

After Respondents’ prosecution of Petitioner terminated without a conviction, Petitioner brought a claim against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for malicious prosecution. The courts below rejected Petitioner’s claim on the ground that the prosecution terminated in a manner that did not affirmatively indicate his innocence or demonstrate that a conviction had become improbable. In Thompson v. Clark, 142 S. Ct. 1332 (2022), this Court held that, to satisfy the favorable-termination requirement for a malicious-prosecution claim under § 1983, a plaintiff “need only show that his prosecution ended without a conviction.” The sole question presented is whether the Sixth Circuit’s decision should be vacated and remanded for reconsideration in light of Thompson.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marisa Christina Maleck
King & Spalding LLP

For respondent
Nathan Andrew Lennon
Reminger

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
21A567

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2022
    Judgment issued.
  2. Oct 03 2022
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Thompson v. Clark, 596 U. S. ___ (2022).
  3. Aug 17 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  4. Aug 16 2022
    Reply of petitioner Ali Al-Maqablh filed. (Distributed)
  5. Jul 28 2022
    Brief of respondent Trooper James Phelps and Lindsey Jo Alley in opposition filed.
  6. Jul 01 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 29, 2022, for all respondents.
  7. Jun 29 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 1, 2022 to July 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. May 26 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 1, 2022, for all respondents.
  9. May 25 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Apr 28 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2022)
  11. Apr 04 2022
    Application (21A567) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 3, 2022.
  12. Mar 24 2022
    Application (21A567) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 4, 2022 to June 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.