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Oregon, et al. v. Paul Maney, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-2715 · judgment June 30, 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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Whether the Eighth Amendment requires state corrections leadership to implement an overall “reasonable” statewide response to a public-health emergency in the aggregate, across multiple years and facilities.
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Whether it was clearly established for purposes of qualified immunity that the State of Oregon’s overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and May 2022 would constitute cruel and unusual punishment, despite a federal judge ruling in June 2020 that the response met constitutional standards.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Paul L. Smith
Oregon Department of Justice - Appellate Division
For respondent
Nadia Halima Dahab
Sugerman Dahab
Proceedings
- Jul 17 2026Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- Jun 30 2026Joint request to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed by counsel for petitioners. (Received July 10, 2026)
- Apr 27 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2026. See Rule 30.1.
- Apr 24 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 4, 2026 to July 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 02 2026Response Requested. (Due May 4, 2026)
- Mar 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 16 2026Waiver of right of respondent Paul Maney, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 02 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 16, 2026)
- Dec 04 2025Application (25A661) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 2, 2026.
- Dec 03 2025Application (25A661) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 4, 2025 to February 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.