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Sherry L. Burt, et al. v. Jimmie Leon Gordon
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-1775 · judgment April 24, 2024
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Did the Sixth Circuit improperly deny qualified immunity to prison officials based on their response to the unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic by defining the relevant law at too high level of generality and identifying no precedent recognizing a constitutional right under similar circumstances that would have put reasonable officials on notice that their conduct may violate the Constitution given the novel challenge of the pandemic?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General
For respondent
Devi Maheswari Rao
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences
Order
Order list, January 13, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jan 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Dec 09 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
- Dec 05 2024Rescheduled.
- Nov 13 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
- Nov 08 2024Reply of petitioners Sherry Burt, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 28 2024Brief of respondent Jimmie Gordon in opposition filed.
- Aug 30 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2024.
- Aug 29 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 26, 2024 to October 28, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 27 2024Response Requested. (Due September 26, 2024)
- Aug 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 05 2024Waiver of right of respondent Jimmie Gordon to respond filed.
- Jul 23 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2024)