| 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 local government |
| 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 |
Whether a local government can be held liable under 42 U.S.C.S. 1983 for implementing unconstitutional policies that violate a defendant's constitutio… |
| 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 |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's rejection of the 'plausibility' of Petitioner's Monell claim is erroneous, given its departure from the Twombly standard a… |
| 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 |
whether-the-test-for-content-neutrality-should-be-overruled |
| 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 |
Does Monell liability exist for a public school district when an official with final policymaking authority relied on a policy to cause a constitution… |
| 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 |
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 findin… |
| 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 police retaliation against an individual who reports misconduct constitutes a Monell custom or practice |
| 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 constitutes a pattern of similar constitutional violations by untrained and/or unsupervised employees under Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs.? |
| 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 |
Is the Second Circuit's refusal to apply the 'totality of circumstances' test for probable cause in a Monell suit constitutional? |
| 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 |
Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside me… |
| 19-5496 |
Salvatore Moretti v. Michael Mordaga |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process high-profile-case monell-liability patent standing takings |
Has Appellant Moretti Proven Monell Liability in the Respondent, Michael Mordaga, Given the High-Profile Case Which Was Briefed by Deborah Poritz, the… |
| 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 |
Whether the Fourth Amendment can be violated by the government's mere continued detention of property even though its full-blown seizure satisfied the… |
| 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 |
Whether pro se litigants are held to the same legal standards as counseled litigants |
| 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 |
Whether due process requires the government to disclose exculpatory evidence before entering a plea agreement with a criminal defendant |
| 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 |
Whether Arizona sheriffs are policymakers for counties in law enforcement, whether policymaker liability can be applied to Title VI and § 12601, wheth… |
| 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 |
Whether sovereign immunity bars a lawsuit against a municipal corporation that is defined to include a legally-distinct state entity, such that the re… |