No. 21-1425

Darvin Castro Santos v. Craig White, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where the claim does not directly attack the outcome of a prison disciplinary proceeding

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner’s excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where that claim does not directly attack the outcome of a prison disciplinary proceeding. @)

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-17
Waiver of right of respondent Craig White, et al. to respond filed.
2022-05-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2022)
2022-03-25
Application (21A543) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 3, 2022.
2022-03-23
Application (21A543) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2022 to May 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Craig White, et al.
Shae Gary McPhee Jr.Louisiana Department of Justice, Respondent
Darvin Castro Santos
Devi Maheswari RaoRoderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner