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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


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

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

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 09 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
  4. Dec 05 2024
    Rescheduled.
  5. Nov 13 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
  6. Nov 08 2024
    Reply of petitioners Sherry Burt, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  7. Oct 28 2024
    Brief of respondent Jimmie Gordon in opposition filed.
  8. Aug 30 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2024.
  9. Aug 29 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 26, 2024 to October 28, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Aug 27 2024
    Response Requested. (Due September 26, 2024)
  11. Aug 21 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  12. Aug 05 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Jimmie Gordon to respond filed.
  13. Jul 23 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2024)