No. 18-1193
Brandon Lee Moon v. County of El Paso, Texas, et al.
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
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
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 Webre — Scott, 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 Nemir — Attorney at Law, Respondent