Lake v. Skelton

Petition for certiorari denied on April 16, 2018

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1089	11th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: Whether county sheriffs in Georgia function as an arm of the state, and are thus entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity, when they feed (or fail to properly feed) people detained in the county jail.

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Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, February 22, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/22/2017	Application (17A580) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2017 to January 31, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
11/28/2017	Application (17A580) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2018.
01/31/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2018)
02/15/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Michael Leslie Lake.
03/05/2018	Brief of respondent Michael Skelton in opposition filed.
03/05/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Southern Center for Human Rights filed.
03/19/2018	Reply of petitioner Michael Leslie Lake filed. (Distributed)
03/21/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
04/16/2018	Petition DENIED.