No. 25-50

Mike Fitzhugh, Sheriff, Rutherford County, Tennessee, et al. v. Bradley Patton

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-iii civil-procedure class-action jurisdiction mootness standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment WageAndHour ClassAction JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Article III permits a plaintiff with moot claims to continue a putative class action based on the possibility that a future class-certification motion might later confer standing on some undefined class

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Article III permits a plaintiff with moot claims to continue a putative class action based on the possibility that a future class -certification motion might later confer standing on some undefined class .

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-29
Reply of petitioners Mike Fitzhugh, et al. filed.
2025-10-29
Reply of Mike Fitzhugh, et al. submitted.
2025-10-20
Brief of respondent Bradley Patton in opposition filed.
2025-10-20
Brief of Bradley Patton in opposition submitted.
2025-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 20, 2025.
2025-08-20
Motion of Bradley Patton for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2025 to October 20, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-19
Response Requested. (Due September 18, 2025)
2025-08-11
Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
2025-08-11
Amicus brief of State of Alabama and 20 Other States submitted.
2025-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-05
Waiver of right of respondent Bradley Patton to respond filed.
2025-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2025)
2025-05-28
Application (24A1146) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 11, 2025.
2025-05-22
Application (24A1146) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 11, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Bradley Patton
Elizabeth Rachel Cruikshanklnstitute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection, Respondent
Elizabeth Rachel Cruikshanklnstitute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection, Respondent
Mike Fitzhugh, et al.
James Matthew RiceOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Petitioner
James Matthew RiceOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Petitioner
State of Alabama and 20 Other States
Alexander Barrett BowdreOffice of Alabama Attorney General, Amicus
Alexander Barrett BowdreOffice of Alabama Attorney General, Amicus
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.Office of the Attorney General, Amicus