No. 18-840

Steven Leon Banks v. Vincent Myron Gore, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process medical-negligence personal-involvement pro-se-plaintiff pro-se-pleadings qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment supervisory-liability
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Can supervisors be liable for the constitutional violations of their subordinates even if the supervisor is not directly "personally involved"?

2. When courts construe a pro se plaintiff's amended complaint, are they required to consider all the plaintiff's filings together or can they look at only the most recently filed complaint?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether supervisors can be liable for constitutional violations of subordinates even without direct personal involvement

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-01-23
Waiver of right of respondents Vincent Myron Gore, et al. to respond filed.
2018-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)
2018-10-11
Application (18A381) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2018.
2018-10-10
Application (18A381) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 22, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Steven Leon Banks
Lawrence David RosenbergJones Day, Petitioner
Vincent Myron Gore, et al.
Elizabeth M. MuldowneySands Anderson, PC, Respondent