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Choctaw County, Mississippi v. Jauch

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on December 10, 2018.

Docket No.18-7
Op. Below5th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether a pretrial detainee"s procedural due process rights under the 14th Amendment have been violated when she was held for ninety-six days pursuant to a capias issued by a state circuit court following a grand jury indictment and when she was otherwise afforded all procedural due process safeguards to which she was entitled under state law; (2) whether a county and local county sheriff can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a pretrial detainee"s ninety-six day detention where the moving force behind the deprivation of her protected liberty interest are state court rules, a capias issued by a state circuit court following a grand jury indictment and statutory law; and (3) whether a pretrial detainee"s 14th Amendment liberty interest to be free from detention following a grand jury indictment was clearly established at the time of the respondent"s detention so as to deny qualified immunity to the local county sheriff.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jun 27, 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)
Aug 15, 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Aug 16, 2018
Response Requested. (Due September 17, 2018)
Sep 5, 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 17, 2018 to October 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 7, 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 17, 2018.
Oct 17, 2018
Brief of respondent Jessica Jauch in opposition filed.
Oct 31, 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
Nov 15, 2018
Rescheduled.
Nov 26, 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
Nov 29, 2018
Rescheduled.
Dec 3, 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
Dec 10, 2018
Petition DENIED.

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