No. 18-1510

Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia v. Fior Pichardo de Veloz, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights detention-facility due-process forfeiture gender-identification gender-identity medical-examination medical-treatment procedural-error qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court of appeals erred in denying qualified immunity to Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia without identifying precedent clearly establishing the violative nature of his conduct, and in refusing to find that Pichardo forfeited the argument that Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia is not entitled to qualified immunity

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED During a five-minute medical examination in a detention facility, Dr. Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia mistakenly concluded that Fior Pichardo de Veloz, a female pretrial detainee in menopause, was a male in the midst of a gender transition. He based his conclusion on a note in Pichardo’s file indicating that she was taking hormone replacement therapy, which he knew to be prescribed to both transgender individuals and women in menopause. The court of appeals denied qualified immunity to Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia, without identifying precedent that clearly established a constitutional right and without addressing Pichardo’s decision not to raise an argument that Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia’s conduct violated clearly established law until her reply brief on appeal. The questions presented are: 1. Did the court of appeals err in denying qualified immunity in the absence of precedent clearly establishing the violative nature of Dr. RodriguezGarcia’s particular conduct? 2. Did the court of appeals err in refusing to find that Pichardo forfeited the argument that Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia is not entitled to qualified immunity?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-03
Reply of petitioner Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-05
Brief of respondent Fior Pichardo de Veloz, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-06-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2019.
2019-06-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2019 to August 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-05-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2019)
2019-03-22
Application (18A951) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 31, 2019.
2019-03-12
Application (18A951) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 16, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Fior Pichardo de Veloz, et al.
Adam Ross PulverPublic Citizen Litigation Group, Respondent
Adam Ross PulverPublic Citizen Litigation Group, Respondent
Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia
Bernard PastorMiami-Dade County Attorney's Office, Petitioner
Bernard PastorMiami-Dade County Attorney's Office, Petitioner