No. 24-182
Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield
Tags: civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-inmates inmate-rights prison-violence
Key Terms:
Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether federal inmates may bring a cause of action against prison officials for deliberate indifference to inmate-on-inmate violence under the Eighth Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether federal inmates may bring a cause of action in federal court against rank-and-file federal prison officials that violate their Eighth Amendment rights by deliberately subjecting them to serious risk of grievous harm from inmate-on-inmate violence. (i)
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-19
Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-06
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2024)
2024-05-17
Application (23A1024) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until August 16, 2024.
2024-05-15
Application (23A1024) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2024 to August 16, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Roy Sargeant
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
The Cato Institute and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent