No. 21-292

Robert H. Healy v. Ledura Watkins

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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
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 MuellerMueller Law Firm, Respondent
Wolfgang MuellerMueller Law Firm, Respondent
Robert Healy
Carson J. TuckerLex Fori PLLC, Petitioner
Carson J. TuckerLex Fori PLLC, Petitioner