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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 To obtain relief against a municipality under §1983, a plaintiff must show an official policy from a policymaker was the moving force behind a violati…
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 delibe…
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 In determining whether or not the exception to First Amendment protections for public employees as set forth by this Court in Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S.…