No. 20-1392

Jason Fowler, et al. v. Brittany Irish, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Relisted (3)
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process law-enforcement qualified-immunity state-created-danger
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the First Circuit err in denying qualified immunity to Petitioners where neither this Court nor the First Circuit had ever before recognized the state-created danger doctrine, the First Circuit had previously held that use of necessary law enforcement tools could not provide the requisite affirmative act for application of the doctrine, there is a split among the circuits regarding both the existence and necessary elements of the doctrine, and in no identified case did a court apply the state-created danger doctrine in sufficiently analogous factual circumstances to have put Petitioners on notice that they assumed a constitutional duty to protect by leaving a voicemail for a suspect or that such an act was so egregious as to "shock the conscience?"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the First Circuit err in denying qualified immunity to Petitioners?

Docket Entries

2022-01-12
Record returned to the U.S.D.C. District of Maine (1 envelope with sealed materials).
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
Letter of September 23, 2021 from counsel for respondents submitted.
2021-09-01
Letter of September 1, 2021 from counsel for petitioner filed.
2021-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-16
Record received from the U.S.D.C. District of Maine (1 envelope with sealed materials).
2021-07-09
Record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. The record is available on PACER.
2021-07-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021.
2021-07-01
Record Requested.
2021-06-23
Rescheduled.
2021-06-08
Reply of petitioners Jason Fowler, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-05-24
Brief of respondents Brittany Irish, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-05-05
Brief amici curiae of Maine State Police Association, et al. filed.
2021-04-28
Brief amicus curiae of National Fraternal Order of Police filed.
2021-04-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 4, 2021.
2021-04-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 5, 2021 to June 4, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2021)

Attorneys

Brittany Irish, et al.
Scott Joseph LynchLynch & Van Dyke, P.A., Respondent
Jason Fowler, et al.
Christopher C. TaubOffice of the Maine Attorney General, Petitioner
Maine State Police Association, et al.
Emily Brooke BradfordLaw Office of Emily Bradford, Amicus
National Fraternal Order of Police
Larry H. JamesCrabbe Brown & James, Amicus