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Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 21-2287 · judgment November 28, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 7%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Whether federal inmates may bring a cause of action in federal court against rank-and-file federal prison officials that violate their Eighth Amendment rights by deliberately subjecting them to serious risk of grievous harm from inmate-on-inmate violence. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
23A1024

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 19 2024
    Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Sep 11 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  4. Sep 06 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  5. Aug 16 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2024)
  6. May 17 2024
    Application (23A1024) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until August 16, 2024.
  7. May 15 2024
    Application (23A1024) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2024 to August 16, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.