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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-540 Laura Covington v. City of Madisonville, Texas Fifth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights municipal-liability official-policy police-chief policymaker section-1983 state-law Whether a plaintiff must overcome a presumption that a police chief is not an official policymaker to prove the municipality delegated policymaking au…
22-363 Candice Hinton, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rodrin Hinton and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children R. H. and C. H. and Next Friend of I. H. and K. H., et al. v. Harris County, Texas Fifth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference farmer-v-brennan governmental-liability medical-policy policymaker section-1983 Whether the Court's analysis in a 42 U.S. Code § 1983 Civil action for deprivation of rights policy case should be restricted to a finding of delibera…
19-726 Mallory Jones, et al. v. Ramone Lamkin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Marshal of the Civil and Magistrate Court of Richmond County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) branti-finkel branti-v-finkel civil-rights confidential-employee due-process elrod-burns elrod-v-burns employment employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-policy policy-maker policymaker public-employee public-employees public-sector Whether the exception to First Amendment protections for public employees applies based on the actual work performed or the written job description