I. B. v. Woodard
Petition for certiorari denied on May 20, 2019
Issue: (1) Whether the Fourth Amendment requires a case-worker who suspects abuse to obtain a warrant to strip-search a child"an issue that has produced an acknowledged 4-2 circuit split, and is nearly identical to the issue the Supreme Court granted certiorari on but did not resolve in Camreta v. Greene; (2) whether, even if a warrant is not required in this context, clearly established federal law prohibits conducting warrantless strip searches of children at school when there are no "specific suspicions" of danger or wrongdoing justifying the "categorically extreme intrusiveness of a search down to the body"; and (3) whether the Supreme Court should reconsider its qualified-immunity jurisprudence to accord with historical common-law practice and to eliminate the widespread confusion plaguing current qualified-immunity doctrine.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, April 19, 2019)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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03/08/2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2019) |
03/14/2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, I.B. and Jane Doe. |
04/01/2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, April Woodard, et al. |
04/09/2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Justice Institute filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amici curiae of Cross-Ideological Groups Dedicated to Ensuring Official Accountability, et al. filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amici curiae of Home School Legal Defense Association, et al. filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Scholars of the Law of Qualified Immunity filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief of respondents April Woodard, et al. in opposition filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. |
04/10/2019 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed. |
04/24/2019 | Reply of petitioners I.B. and Jane Doe filed. |
04/30/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019. |
05/20/2019 | Petition DENIED. |