City of New York v. Newton
Petition for certiorari denied on January 11, 2016
Issue: (1) Whether a convicted prisoner can bring a § 1983 damages claim for deprivation of liberty - based on state DNA evidence-access procedures not mandated by the Constitution - when the same prisoner would have no due process right to habeas or actual release from prison due to alleged negligence in storing evidence; and (2) whether a municipality may be held liable under Monell v. Department of Social Services for negligent actions of line-level municipal employees in misfiling information necessary for the tracking and retrieval of evidence from a concluded criminal prosecution that would later prove exculpatory.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jul 27 2015 | Application (15A124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 9, 2015 to September 9, 2015, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Jul 29 2015 | Application (15A124) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until September 9, 2015. |
| Sep 9 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2015) |
| Oct 5 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 12, 2015. |
| Nov 3 2015 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 3, 2015. |
| Dec 3 2015 | Brief of respondent Alan Newton in opposition filed. |
| Dec 18 2015 | Reply of petitioner City of New York, New York filed. |
| Dec 22 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
