No. 23-274

William Felkner v. John Nazarian, et al.

Lower Court: Rhode Island
Docketed: 2023-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-established-law first-amendment free-speech legal-standard policy qualified-immunity section-1983 supreme-court
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the judge-made "clearly established law" qualified immunity standard, which lacks textual, historical, and logical support, and which does not advance its purported policy objectives, should be abolished or limited?

Whether respondents are entitled to qualified immunity on Felkner's First Amendment claims when they had ample time to reflect and seek legal counsel prior to engaging in a sustained course of conduct that abridged Petitioner's clearly established First Amendment right to freedom of speech?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the judge-made 'clearly established law' qualified immunity standard should be abolished or limited

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-25
2024-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-03
2023-11-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2024.
2023-11-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2023 to January 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-03
Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2023)
2023-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed.
2023-10-17
2023-10-16
2023-10-11
Waiver of right of respondent John Nazarian to respond filed.
2023-09-18
2023-06-14
Application (22A1080) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until September 17, 2023.
2023-06-12
Application (22A1080) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 19, 2023 to September 17, 2023, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Manhattan Institute, Mountain States Legal Foundation
Cynthia Fleming CrawfordAmericans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus
Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen EidsmoeFoundation for Moral Law, Amicus
John Nazarian
Steven Michael RichardNixon Peabody, Respondent
William Felkner
Margaret Ann LittleNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Petitioner
Thomas William Lyons IIIStrauss, Factor, Laing & Lyons, Petitioner