No. 23-105

Joe Thorpe v. Township of Salisbury, Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment harris-v-harvey immunity judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity
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Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir. 1979) that there is no such thing as automatic absolute immunity - and the courts must review the exceptions to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment before allowing judges and prosecutors such protection in cases involving the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED : ; Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir. 1979) that there is no such thing as automatic absolute immunity and the courts must review the exceptions to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment before allowing judges and prosecutors such protection in cases involving the Fourteenth Amendment? ,

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent Magisterial District Judge Michael Pochron to respond filed.
2023-08-25
Waiver of right of respondents Township of Salisbury, P.A., Debra J. Brinton; Sandy Nicolo and Daniel Sell to respond filed.
2023-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Joe Thorpe
Joe Thorpe — Petitioner
Joe Thorpe — Petitioner
Magisterial District Judge Michael Pochron
Megan DavisAdministrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Respondent
Megan DavisAdministrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Respondent
Township of Salisbury, P.A., Debra J. Brinton; Sandy Nicolo and Daniel Sell
Joseph D. ShelbyCipriani & Werner, Respondent
Joseph D. ShelbyCipriani & Werner, Respondent