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Matthew Jones, et al. v. Amber M. King, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-50850 · judgment August 1, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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A Texas justice of the peace ordered the wrongful arrests of her political rivals while conducting the “plainly administrative”1 act of qualifying a venire by confirming the age, literacy, citizenship, criminal history, and residency of prospective jurors. Should such conduct be shielded by absolute judicial immunity?
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Pet. App. 21a (Ho, J., dissenting).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jason Davis
Davis & Santos, PLLC
For respondent
William Christian
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 09 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 13 2026Reply of petitioners Matthew Jones, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 29 2026Brief of respondents Amber M. King, et al. in opposition filed.
- Dec 17 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2026.
- Dec 15 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2026 to February 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 04 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2026)