No. 23-627

Chad Parker, et al. v. Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contact-tracing covid-mask-mandate due-process mootness pandemic-restrictions privacy-rights standing standing-doctrine voluntary-cessation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is this constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania 'mask mandate' moot?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The COVID-19 pandemic created a constitutional crisis. For years, American citizens, including Petitioners, were subject to constantly changing orders that imposed burdens on fundamental freedoms in a way that our nation has never experienced in its history. The cost of these burdens is incalculable. Unfortunately, many courts did nothing, abdicating their duty to say what the law is and allowing this assault on liberty to proceed largely unchecked. 1. Is this constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania “mask mandate” moot when the restriction is capable of repetition yet so short in duration that it evaded review and Pennsylvania officials voluntary ceased the allegedly unlawful action while this lawsuit was pending? 2. Do Petitioners have standing to challenge Pennsylvania’s “contact tracing” program, which was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Petitioners were directly subject to its restrictions during the pandemic, the program had a chilling effect on Petitioners’ freedom to associate, Petitioners had private and personal data subject to disclosure as a result of a breach of the program’s database, and the program remains in existence today?

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-03
Waiver of right of respondents Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. to respond filed.
2023-12-07

Attorneys

Chad Parker, et al.
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner
Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
Sean Andrew KirkpatrickOffice of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, Respondent
Sean Andrew KirkpatrickOffice of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, Respondent