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Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-1151 · judgment July 16, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In Carlson v. Green, 446 U.S. 14 (1980), this Court recognized a cause of action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), for a claim that federal prison staff had violated the Eighth Amendment through deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s (ultimately fatal) asthmatic attack. The question presented is whether Carlson permits an inmate’s claim that prison staff at a pretrial detention center violated the Fifth and Eighth Amendments through deliberate indifference to an inmate’s chronic pain after a surgery. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Kendall Tappan Burchard
Covington & Burling LLP
Proceedings
- Jun 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 22 2026Reply of petitioners Brij Mohan, et al. filed.
- May 12 2026Brief of respondent Jordan Watkins in opposition filed.
- Mar 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 12, 2026.
- Feb 27 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 13, 2026 to May 12, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 10 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2026)
- Jan 16 2026Application (25A823) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 1, 2026 to March 3, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.
- Jan 16 2026Application (25A823) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until March 3, 2026.