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Michelle Munger, et al. v. Brenda Davis, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-1842, 20-1843, 20-1845, 20-1846, 20-2075, 20-2076, 20-2292 · judgment August 24, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Can an employee of a private contractor providing constitutionally-required services to inmates in a county jail or state prison facility assert qualified immunity in response to an inmate’s claim in a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the employee violated the inmate’s federal rights in providing those services? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen R. McAllister
Dentons US LLP

For respondent
Robert A. Horn
Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jan 10 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 27 2021
    Brief of respondents Corizon LLC and Advanced Correctional Healthcare in support filed. (Distributed)
  3. Dec 23 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Missouri Association of Counties filed. (Distributed)
  4. Dec 15 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  5. Dec 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Brenda Davis, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Dec 06 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 26, 2022.
  7. Nov 30 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2021 to January 26, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Nov 19 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)