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Mary A. Harris v. Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-11236 · judgment October 18, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Does the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution permit race retaliation claims?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lee David Winston
Winston Cooks, LLC

For respondent
Thomas Hart Benton III
McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A634

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  3. Mar 25 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Monroe County Commission to respond filed.
  4. Mar 21 2024
    Waiver of right of respondents Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees; Ann Pridgen (in her individual and official capacity); Shannon Powell (in her individual and official capacity); and Jerome Sanders (in his individual and official capacity) to respond filed.
  5. Mar 11 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Steve Stacey to respond filed.
  6. Feb 15 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2024)
  7. Jan 09 2024
    Application (23A634) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 15, 2024.
  8. Jan 05 2024
    Application (23A634) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2024 to March 2, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.