No. 21-6878

Ronald Cox v. Benjie Nobles, Deputy Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prea-regulations prison-rape-elimination-act qualified-immunity transgender transgender-vulnerability
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act be followed to protect the vulnerability of the transgender Petitioner in determining whether to dismiss Petitioner's cause of action for being sexually and physically assaulted at three Georgia prisons because of the Respondents' deliberate indifference in violation of the Petitioner's Eighth Amendment rights?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Should the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 34 U.S.C. §§ 30301 et seq. and PREA regulations be followed to protect the vulnerability of the transgender Petitioner in determining whether to dismiss Petitioner’s cause of action for being sexually and physically assaulted at three Georgia prisons because of the Respondents’ deliberate indifference in violation of the Petitioner’s Eighth Amendment rights? ii

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-16
Brief amicus curiae of LGBT Bar Association of New York filed. (Distributed)
2022-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent Benjie Nobles, et al. to respond filed.
2022-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)

Attorneys

Benjie Nobles, et al.
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
LGBT Bar Association of Nw York
William John Rold — Amicus
William John Rold — Amicus
Ronald Cox
McNeill StokesMcNeill Stokes Attorney at Law, Petitioner
McNeill StokesMcNeill Stokes Attorney at Law, Petitioner