| 25-1091 |
Davie County, North Carolina, et al. v. Juiliana Swink, Administratrix of the Estate of David Ray Gunter, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-03-17 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
constitutional-torts governmental-entity healthcare-provider monell-liability respondeat-superior section-1983 |
1) Given the Supreme Court's decision in Monell ,
can a governmental entity be held liable, either
under the doctrine of respondeat superior
or the… |
| 25A996 |
City of Bossier, Louisiana v. Richard Hershey |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-03-11 |
Application |
|
deliberate-indifference failure-to-train first-amendment monell-liability municipal-immunity section-1983 |
Question not identified. |
| 25-1072 |
Amanda Wood v. City of San Antonio, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-03-11 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
911-call fourth-amendment monell-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 terry-stop |
Under Florida v. J.L. 529 U.S. 266 (2000), 911 callers must provide a modicum of factual details describing criminal conduct for Police to effect a la… |
| 24-891 |
Warren Balogh v. Chief Al Thomas, Jr., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights first-amendment government-violence monell-liability qualified-immunity speech-rights |
Whether the First Amendment protects speech amid violence left deliberately unchecked by the local government because such violence serves as useful p… |
| 24-5954 |
In Re Tony Gooch |
|
2024-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel monell-liability section-1983 writ-of-mandamus |
I. "Whether a local government or Municipal Corporation could be held liable under 42 U.S.C.S. 1983, or held responsible under Monell Liability, for i… |
| 24-70 |
Ilya Kovalchuk v. City of Decherd, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights discovery-standard due-process fourth-amendment monell-claim monell-liability municipal-liability plausibility-standard section-1983 twombly-iqbal |
This dispute concerns municipal liability in a § 1983 action against the City of Decherd, Tennessee ("City"), and a Decherd police officer. The office… |
| 23-389 |
Colleen Reilly, et al. v. City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
content-based content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech monell monell-liability rule-30b6-testimony speech-restriction standing viewpoint-based viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Whether the test for content neutrality set forth in Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000), should be overruled in light of this Court's holding in… |
| 23-229 |
Bronson McClelland v. Katy Independent School District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation final-policymaking-authority first-amendment monell-liability public-school-district public-school-speech section-1983 true-threat |
1. In a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, does Monell liability exist for a public school district when an official who committed a constitu… |
| 23-165 |
Bob Johnson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Santa Rosa County, Florida v. Jessica N. Rogers, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose F. Escano-Reyes and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Y. C., a Minor |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
42-usc-1983 city-of-los-angeles-v-heller civil-rights constitutional-harm deliberate-indifference jury-finding monell-liability monell-v-new-york-city municipal-liability section-1983 |
1. Where a jury exonerates jail deputies of all 42
U.S.C. §1983 claims for deliberate indifference to
risk of an inmate's suicide, does the jury's fin… |
| 22-104 |
Martin Rugamba v. CRST Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
|
cat's-paw-theory civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-reporting free-speech monell-liability municipal-custom municipal-liability police-retaliation retaliation standing |
Whether the police retaliation against an individual who reports their misconducts to FBI/DOJ constitutes municipality custom or practice for the purp… |
| 20-427 |
Polk County, Wisconsin v. J. K. J., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violations failure-to-train monell-liability municipal-liability section-1983 single-incident-theory |
Whether the "single-incident" theory of Monell liability may be used to hold a municipality liable under §1983 on the theory that its failure to do mo… |
| 19-593 |
City of Camden, New Jersey v. Alanda Forrest |
Third Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process legal-standard monell-doctrine monell-liability monell-v-department-of-social-services municipal-liability policy-custom policy-or-custom policymaker-notice untrained-or-unsupervised-employees |
What, under Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Serus., 436 U.S. 658 (1978), and its progeny, constitutes a pattern of similar constitutional violations by untrai… |
| 19-553 |
Moussa Diarra v. City of New York, New York |
Second Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process judicial-bias monell-claim monell-liability police-procedure probable-cause substantive-due-process summary-judgment |
1. For a summary judgment to be granted, the Circuits must determine that the movant is entitled to "judgment as a matter of law", Miller . New York C… |
| 19-6148 |
Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding |
1. Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside… |
| 19-5496 |
Salvatore Moretti v. Michael Mordaga |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process high-profile-case monell-liability patent standing takings |
1. Has Appellant Moretti Proven Monell Liability in the Respondent, Michael Mordaga, Given the High-Profile Case Which Was Briefed by Deborah Poritz, … |
| 18-1466 |
County of Sonoma, California, et al. v. Rafael Mateos Sandoval, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment constitutional-rights continued-detention detention due-process fourth-amendment lawful-seizure monell-liability municipal-liability property-rights property-seizure public-safety section-1983 seizure vehicle-impound |
This petition presents three issues of first impression in this Court, all of which arise out of a judgment for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against… |
| 18-7530 |
Tonya Udoh, et vir v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 1983-claims 1985-claims 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-v-monroe-county-board due-process emotional-distress false-arrest fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment haines-v-kerner minor-children miranda-rights monell-liability municipal-liability parental-rights pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing unconstitutional-statutes |
Question One: In the (a) Denial of Plaintiffs Motion to Amend the Complaint; (b) Dismissal of Plaintiffs Claims With and Without Prejudices; and (c) G… |
| 18-854 |
George Alvarez v. City of Brownsville, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence monell-liability municipal-liability plea-agreement plea-bargaining united-states-v-ruiz |
1. In Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), this Court held that due process requires the government to disclose material exculpatory evidence to a c… |
| 18-498 |
Maricopa County, Arizona v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process issue-preclusion law-enforcement monell-doctrine monell-liability policymaker-liability sovereign-immunity title-vi violent-crime-control-act |
In McMillian v. Monroe County, Alabama, 520 U.S. 781 (1997), this Court held that counties cannot be liable in actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 … |
| 18-342 |
City of Maplewood, Missouri v. Cecelia Roberts Webb, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arm-of-the-state constitutional-deprivation legal-definition mcmillian-v-monroe-county monell-liability monell-v-dept-of-soc-serv municipal-corporation-liability municipal-corporations municipal-court-divisions municipal-liability policy-custom real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity state-entity unified-court-system |
I
Sovereign immunity bars a lawsuit to the extent the
relief sought would operate against the State, even if
the State is not a formally-named defenda… |