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City of Newark, New Jersey v. Estate of Adriano Roman, Jr.

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2019

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-1372 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether, under City of Los Angeles v. Heller, dismissal of a Monell claim should be affirmed when all of the underlying claims against the officers have been dismissed; (2) whether, under Ashcroft v.Iqbal, a plausible inference from a consent decree includes inferences that contradict the plain terms of the consent decree; (3) whether, under United States v. Tohono O"Odham Nation, res judicata estops plaintiff as between plaintiff"s criminal and subsequent civil-rights proceedings; and (4) whether dismissal of a Monell claim should be affirmed when plaintiff is estopped from denying that his apartment building was known to be frequented by drug users and from denying that copious amounts of contraband and drug paraphernalia were discovered in his kitchen.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/29/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2019)
05/13/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 31, 2019 to July 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
05/17/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 1, 2019.
07/01/2019Brief of respondent Estate of Adriano Roman, Jr. in opposition filed.
07/15/2019Reply of petitioner City of Newark filed. (Distributed)
07/17/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
10/07/2019Petition DENIED.