Sinegal v. Polk

Petition for certiorari denied on January 7, 2019

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-122	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether candidacy for political office, standing alone, is a protected right under the First Amendment; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit erred in holding that the petitioner was not entitled to qualified immunity when the precedent in that circuit did not clearly establish that candidacy alone was a protected First Amendment right until a year after the petitioner terminated the respondent"s employment.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/24/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2018)
09/12/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
09/14/2018	Response Requested. (Due October 15, 2018)
09/29/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2018 to November 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
10/03/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2018.
11/14/2018	Brief of respondent Dawn Polk in opposition filed.
11/28/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
11/28/2018	Reply of petitioner Michael Sinegal filed. (Distributed)
01/07/2019	Petition DENIED.