City of New York v. Newton

Petition for certiorari denied on January 11, 2016

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-308	2d Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2015

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)
07/27/2015	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.
07/29/2015	Application (15A124) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until September 9, 2015.
09/09/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2015)
10/05/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 12, 2015.
11/03/2015	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 3, 2015.
12/03/2015	Brief of respondent Alan Newton in opposition filed.
12/18/2015	Reply of petitioner City of New York, New York filed.
12/22/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
01/11/2016	Petition DENIED.