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Daves v. Dallas County, Texas

Petition for certiorari denied on January 8, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-97 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: (1) Whether Younger v. Harris and its progeny require federal courts to abstain from adjudicating petitioners' constitutional challenges to respondents' pretrial detention of many thousands of presumptively innocent people; and (2) whether, under this court's precedent, legislation enacted during a lawsuit renders the asserted claims moot if the legislation does not provide the relief sought in the litigation, such that the courts could still provide the plaintiff with effectual relief.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/24/2023Application (22A1029) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 29, 2023 to July 29, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
05/26/2023Application (22A1029) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 29, 2023.
07/31/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2023)
08/08/2023Waiver of right of respondents Judge Ernest White, et al. to respond filed.
09/01/2023Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
09/01/2023Brief amicus curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
09/13/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
09/25/2023Response Requested. (Due October 25, 2023)
10/10/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2023 to November 24, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
10/11/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2023, for all respondents.
11/21/2023Brief of respondents Judge Ernest White, et al. in opposition filed.
11/22/2023Brief of respondents Dallas County, Texas, et al. in opposition filed.
12/06/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
12/06/2023Reply of petitioners Shannon Daves, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/08/2024Petition DENIED.