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Reginald Johnson v. City of Satsuma, Alabama, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-11481 · judgment December 30, 2024


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the City of Satsuma, acting in concert with Maurice Kirk Harless, individually and collectively, under color of law, deprived the plaintiff of the equal treatment/protection of the law as guaranteed by the Constitution under 42 USC §1983 by engaging in inequitable and racially discriminatory conduct, and subjecting plaintiff to discrimination and differential treatment in violation of the Equal Protection Clause such as being singled out and treated differently compared to all other persons within the city of Satsuma because of race, and color of skin. Whether the lower court used an unfair application of the laws, and unconsciously integrated racial bias as compared to examining the elements of the claim to determine if the legal standards for this 42 USC §1983 claims were met? Whether the lower court get it wrong in denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Equal Protection of the Law as it relates to the Civil Rights Claims Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Reginald Johnson

For respondent
David Frederick Walker
Galloway Wettermark Rutens LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 01 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  3. Mar 12 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent City Of Satsuma, Alabama to respond filed.
  4. Feb 19 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)