No. 18-818

Hubert Thompson v. James C. Rovella, Chief of Police, City of Hartford, Connecticut, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process equitable-tolling prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation wrongful-incarceration
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Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the statutory requirement for compensation for wrongful incarceration equitably tolled the petitioner's civil rights claims

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the statutory requirement that the petitioner show his criminal case was dismissed based on innocence or grounds consistent with innocence as a condition for compensation for wrongful incarceration equitably tolled the petitioner’s civil rights claims against the city and its arresting officers, during the pendency of the wrongful incarceration claim, when state authorities in the compensation claim relied on the same prosecuting authority who presented the officers as witnesses at trial to confirm or deny that the dismissal was based on innocence or a grounds consistent with innocence.

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-02
Waiver of right of respondents James Rovella, et al. to respond filed.
2018-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)
2018-10-11
Application (18A383) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until December 17, 2018.
2018-10-06
Application (18A383) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2018 to December 15, 2018, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Hubert Thompson
Rachel Margaret BairdAttorney Rachel M. Baird, Petitioner
Rachel Margaret BairdAttorney Rachel M. Baird, Petitioner
James Rovella, et al.
Daniel Jonah KrischHalloran & Sage LLP, Respondent
Daniel Jonah KrischHalloran & Sage LLP, Respondent