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Christopher N. Payne v. Jahal Taslimi, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 18-7030 · judgment May 27, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 13, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Do inmates have a constitutional right to privacy in their HIV status, as the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits have held (subject to legitimate penological interests), or is there no such right, as the Fourth Circuit ruled in this case?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Matthew Allen Fitzgerald
McGuireWoods LLP

For respondent
Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger
Sands Anderson PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Dec 13 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 23 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
  3. Nov 23 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Uptown People's Law Center filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 23 2021
    Brief amici curiae of American Academy of HIV Medicine, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  5. Nov 19 2021
    Waiver of Jahal Taslimi, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (November 19, 2021)
  6. Nov 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Jahal Taslimi, et al. to respond filed.
  7. Oct 25 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)