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Chase Yarbrough v. Santa Fe Independent School District, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-40519 · judgment March 25, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

  1. Whether this Court should resolve a Circuit split on the “state-created danger” theory of a constitutional duty to protect citizens from a nonstate actor.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Seth Kretzer
Law Offices of Seth Kretzer

For respondent
Jonathan Griffin Brush
Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 13 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jul 07 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Santa Fe Independent School District, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jun 23 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2022)