No. 21-292
Robert H. Healy v. Ledura Watkins
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-tort due-process fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution section-1983 statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether malicious prosecution is a cognizable tort for § 1983 suit
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court’s conclusion that “malicious prosecution” is a cognizable “tort” for purposes of a § 1983 suit under either the Fourth Amendment or Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? 2. Whether the Court of Appeals correctly declined to exercise appellate jurisdiction over the issue that the three-year statute of limitations applicable to Respondent’s “malicious prosecution” claim under the Fourth Amendment accrued in 1979 at the latest?
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent Ledura Watkins to respond filed.
2021-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2021)
Attorneys
Ledura Watkins
Wolfgang Mueller — Mueller Law Firm, Respondent
Wolfgang Mueller — Mueller Law Firm, Respondent
Robert Healy
Carson J. Tucker — Lex Fori PLLC, Petitioner
Carson J. Tucker — Lex Fori PLLC, Petitioner