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Sandra Hernden v. Chippewa Valley School District, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1842 · judgment September 16, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In light of our current toxic and vindictive politics and a circuit split, under a-person-of-ordinary-firmness test, does a referral by one governmental official to another governmental official for a potential criminal investigation constitute adverse action sufficient to meet the elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim where there is no indication that the petitioner was ever investigated?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Patrick J. Wright
Mackinac Center Legal Foundation
For respondent
Lindsay Paige Hazen
Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 25 2026Reply of petitioner Sandra Hernden filed.
- Feb 18 2026Brief of respondents Chippewa Valley School District, et al. in opposition filed.
- Dec 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 19, 2026.
- Dec 22 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 20, 2026 to February 19, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)