No. 18-884

Brenda Jeffrey v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2019-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 14th-amendment animal-law animal-seizure civil-forfeiture criminal-proceedings due-process fourteenth-amendment matthews-test property-rights sentell-vs-new-orleans
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

whether, under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, a state can seize and later permanently deprive a defendant of her property, an animal in this case, through proceedings from which the defendant is excluded from any meaningful participation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether, under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, a state can seize and later permanently deprive a defendant of her property, an animal in this case, through proceedings from which the defendant is excluded from any meaningful participation

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia to respond filed.
2019-01-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Brenda Jeffrey
Lawrence David Rosenberg — Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent