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Edward Little, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Andre' Doguet, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-30159 · judgment June 21, 2023
Before the decision, about 3.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Whether Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), and its progeny require federal courts to abstain from adjudicating petitioner’s constitutional challenges to respondents’ pretrial detention of many thousands of presumptively innocent people. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Stephen Volchok
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
For respondent
Patrick Bayard McIntire
Oats & Marino
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 17 2024Reply of petitioner Edward Little filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 03 2024Brief of respondent Sheriff Mark Garber in opposition filed.
- Jan 03 2024Brief of respondents Andre' Doguet, et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 14 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2024.
- Nov 13 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2023 to January 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 02 2023Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2023)
- Nov 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
- Oct 23 2023Waiver of right of respondent Andre' Doguet, et al. to respond filed.
- Oct 23 2023Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
- Oct 20 2023Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
- Sep 19 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2023)