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Angela Germaine Spencer, By and Through Next Friend and Mother of A. S., a Minor v. Harrison County, Texas
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-40548 · judgment August 7, 2023
Before the decision, about 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 petition citing three to ten dissents.
Question presented
Whether the indiscriminate shackling of detainees, particularly children, in nonjury proceedings violates the Due Process Clause.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Xiao Wang
University of Virginia School of Law
For respondent
Robert Scott Davis
Flowers Davis, P.L.L.C.
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Linked docket
23A603
Order
Order list, October 7, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jun 26 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Jun 26 2024Reply of petitioner Angela Germaine Spencer, by and through next friend and mother of A.S., a minor filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 12 2024Brief of respondent Harrison County, Texas in opposition filed.
- May 16 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 12, 2024.
- May 15 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2024 to June 12, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 18 2024Response Requested. (Due May 20, 2024)
- Apr 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
- Apr 05 2024Brief amici curiae of Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates,et al. filed.
- Mar 01 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024)
- Feb 01 2024Application (23A603) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 1, 2024.
- Jan 29 2024Application (23A603) to extend further the time from February 8, 2024 to March 1, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jan 04 2024Application (23A603) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 8, 2024.
- Dec 28 2023Application (23A603) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2024 to February 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.