No. 18-1193

Brandon Lee Moon v. County of El Paso, Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absolute-immunity brady-violation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process imbler-v-pachtman judicial-proceedings post-conviction post-conviction-DNA-testing prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether absolute immunity shields a prosecutor's unconstitutional handling of post-conviction DNA testing under Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976), where the prosecutor's personal involvement with legal proceedings has ended, there is no ongoing judicial proceeding in which the prosecutor could function as an advocate, and all existing direct and collateral post-conviction appeals have been exhausted.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Prosecutorial misconduct in post-conviction DNA testing

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-07
Reply of petitioner BrandonLee Moon filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-11
Brief of respondents County of El Paso, et al. in opposition filed. (4/15/2019)
2019-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent City of El Paso, Texas to respond filed.
2019-03-19
Letter pursuant to Rule 12.6 from counsel for the petitioner received.
2019-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2019)

Attorneys

BrandonLee Moon
Jane Marie Noemie WebreScott, Douglass & McConnico, Petitioner
City of El Paso, Texas
Osar G. Gabaldon Jr.Office of the El Paso City Attorney, Respondent
County of El Paso, et al.
Cygne Lynn NemirAttorney at Law, Respondent