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