Herrera v. Cleveland

Petition for certiorari denied on March 28, 2022

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-771	7th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2021

Issue: Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c)(1)(C) categorically excludes relation back " when a plaintiff files an amended complaint changing the name of a defendant and that amendment relates back to the date of the original complaint " if the plaintiff initially used John Doe placeholders in the complaint due to inadequate knowledge regarding the defendants" names.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/14/2021	Application (21A102) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 4, 2021 to December 6, 2021, submitted to Justice Barrett.
10/26/2021	Application (21A102) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until November 19, 2021.
11/19/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)
12/08/2021	Brief amici curiae of Former Jailhouse Lawyers filed.
12/20/2021	Waiver of right of respondent Teresa Cleveland to respond filed.
12/27/2021	Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Scholars filed.
12/27/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed.
01/12/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
01/20/2022	Response Requested. (Due February 22, 2022)
02/22/2022	Brief of respondent Teresa Cleveland, et al. in opposition filed.
03/08/2022	Reply of petitioner Justin Herrera filed. (Distributed)
03/09/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
03/28/2022	Petition DENIED.