No. 20-1768

Ron Fenn v. City of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech government-accountability government-actor qualified-immunity standing supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

As the jurisprudence becomes broader on when a government actor enjoys qualified immunity and the instances where a citizen can hold that government actor accountable becomes more limited, beginning with this Court's guidance in Harlow v. Fitzerald 457 U.S. 800 (1982) requiring that a person's violated rights must be "clearly established," id., there is a question of at what point, perhaps like the one this case presents, that should define when a grant of qualified immunity to the government Respondents that have interfered with free speech on the basis of content has gone too far.

Thus, the question presented is: Did the lower courts err in dismissing Petitioners' case on the basis of Qualified Immunity in the face of US Supreme Court precedent and New Mexico jurisprudence clearly establishing the right that was violated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the lower courts err in dismissing Petitioners' case on the basis of Qualified-Immunity

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-13
Brief of respondents City of Truth or Consequences, Lee Alirez, Daniel Hicks in opposition filed.
2021-08-13
Brief of respondent Daniel Hicks in opposition filed.
2021-07-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 13, 2021, for all respondents.
2021-07-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 21, 2021 to August 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 21, 2021)

Attorneys

City of Truth or Consequences, Lee Alirez, Daniel Hicks
Mark Daniel StandridgeJarmie & Rogers, P.C., Respondent
Daniel Hicks
Stephen Samuel HamiltonMontgomery & Andrews, P.A., Respondent
Ron Fenn
Aubrey Blair DunnWestern Agriculture, Resource and Business Advocates, LLP, Petitioner