No. 21-593

Priscilla Everette-Oates v. Beth Wood, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights civil-rights-action conspiracy due-process evidence-concealment immunity municipal-immunity municipal-liability prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can municipal defendants win summary judgment solely on the basis that one defendant has prosecutorial immunity and was otherwise deemed not liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED In a claim alleging conspiracy to conceal evidence against a public official who was falsely charged with embezzlement, can multiple municipal defendants win summary judgment solely on the basis that one defendant has prosecutorial immunity and was otherwise deemed not liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? ii STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES Everette-Oates v. N. Carolina Dep't of State Treasurer, No. 5:16-CV-623-FL, 2016 WL 10805746 (E.D.N.C. Sept. 28, 2016). Everette-Oates v. N. Carolina Dep't of State Treasurer, No. 5:16-CV-623-FL, 2017 WL 2269524 (E.D.N.C. May 23, 2017) Everette-Oates v. Chapman, No. 5:16-CV-623-FL, 2017 WL 4933048 (E.D.N.C. Oct. 31, 2017) Everette-Oates v. Chapman, No. 5:16-CV-623-FL, 2018 WL 5621963 (E.D.N.C. Oct. 30, 2018) Everette-Oates v. Chapman, No. 5:16-CV-623-FL, 2020 WL 231378 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 14, 2020), Everette-Oates v. Chapman No. 20-1093, __ Fed. Appx. ___, 2021 WL 3089057 (4th Cir. July 22, 2021).

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent Beth Wood, et al. to respond filed.
2021-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Beth Wood, et al.
Brian RabinovitzNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Brian RabinovitzNorth Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent
Priscilla Everette-Oates
Stephen BergsteinBergstein & Ullrich, Petitioner
Stephen BergsteinBergstein & Ullrich, Petitioner