No. 18-177

Kenneth Jerome Dawson v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bond-release constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention detention-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty fundamental-right judicial-scrutiny liberty-interest reasonably-related strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When does a criminal defendant's right to be released from jail after posting bond implicate a fundamental right of liberty?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The due process clause of the fourteenth amendment has a substantive component that protects individual liberty against arbitrary governmental action regardless of the fairness of the procedure involved. When a legislative provision is alleged to violate substantive due process, the level of judicial scrutiny depends upon the nature of the asserted liberty interest. Infringement of a fundamental right is judged under the “strict scrutiny” standard; infringement of a non-fundamental right is gauged under the “reasonably related” standard. The questions presented here are: When a criminal defendant has posted bond and is entitled to be released from jail subject only to administrative processing, does the defendant’s right to be released implicate a fundamental right of liberty; and has Petitioner stated a claim that the legislatively mandated three-day delay in his release unconstitutionally violated his right of liberty?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-18
Reply of petitioner Kenneth Jerome Dawson filed. (Distributed)
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-09
Brief of respondents Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2018.
2018-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2018 to November 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2018)

Attorneys

Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al.
Rachel Jane Marilyn BenderJefferson County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Rachel Jane Marilyn BenderJefferson County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Rebecca P. KlymkowskyJefferson County Attorney, Respondent
Rebecca P. KlymkowskyJefferson County Attorney, Respondent
Kenneth Jerome Dawson
F. Brittin Clayton IIIRyley Carlock & Applewhite, Petitioner
F. Brittin Clayton IIIRyley Carlock & Applewhite, Petitioner