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Joe Thorpe v. Township of Salisbury, Pennsylvania, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-2448 · judgment April 5, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 10, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey. 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir. 1979) that there is no such thing as automatic absolute immunity and the courts must review the exceptions to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment before allowing judges and prosecutors such protection in cases involving the Fourteenth Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joe Thorpe

For respondent
Megan Davis
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 10 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 13 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
  3. Aug 30 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Magisterial District Judge Michael Pochron to respond filed.
  4. Aug 25 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Township of Salisbury, P.A., Debra J. Brinton; Sandy Nicolo and Daniel Sell to respond filed.
  5. Jul 31 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2023)