No. 22-14

Brad Faver v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights district-court-finding due-process free-speech least-restrictive-means religious-accommodation sincerely-held-belief standing vendor-policy
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Appellate Court erred in failing to shift the burden to the Defendant's once Mr. Faver established a sincerely held belief that was burdended by the Defendant's single vendor policy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The following question stems from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Published Opinion regarding claims asserted by Mr. Faver: 1. Whether the Appellate Court erred in failing to shift the burden to the Defendant’s once Mr. Faver established a sincerely held belief that was burdended by the Defendant’s single vendor policy. 2. Whether the Appellate Court erred in failing to find that the District Court clearly erred when it found that the Defendant had considered and rejected a contract with an Islamic vendor as a reasonable less restrictive alternative.

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent Harold Clarke, Director, Virginia Department Of Corrections to respond filed.
2022-06-30
2022-06-02
Application (21A782) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 30, 2022.
2022-05-27
Application (21A782) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 30, 2022 to June 30, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Brad Faver
Mario Bernard WilliamsHDR, LLC, Petitioner
Mario Bernard WilliamsHDR, LLC, Petitioner
Harold Clarke, Director, Virginia Department Of Corrections
Andrew Nathan FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Andrew Nathan FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent