No. 24-6

Stacy Williams, on Behalf of Her Minor Grandson, J. J. v. Andrew Williams, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights deshaney-v-winnebago due-process federal-circuit-split fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation legal-doctrine standing state-created-danger
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Court should end the Fifth Circuit's decades-long refusal to rule on the viability of the "state-created-danger" doctrine by recognizing the doctrine and providing parameters for it.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court should end the Fifth Circuit's decades-long refusal to rule on the viability of the state-created danger doctrine by recognizing the doctrine and providing parameters for it

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-22
Waiver of Andrew Williams, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2024-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent Andrew Williams, et al. to respond filed.
2024-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2024)
2024-06-13
Application (23A1108) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 2, 2024.
2024-06-07
Application (23A1108) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2024 to July 2, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Andrew Williams, et al.
Robert William HiggasonCity of Houston Legal Department, Respondent
Stacy Williams, on behalf of her minor grandson, J.J.
Niles Stefan IllichPalmer Perlstein, Petitioner