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?
2022-01-12
Record returned to the U.S.D.C. District of Maine (1 envelope with sealed materials).
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.
2021-06-08
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)