No. 19-907

Dejenay Beckwith, et al. v. City of Houston, Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-questions due-process fifth-circuit government-conspiracy motion-to-dismiss standing statute-of-limitations
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming a statute of limitations defense on a motion to dismiss.

2. Whether this Court should clarify erratic application among the circuits of its precedent regarding government conspiracies to deny civil rights.

3. Whether the national rape kit backlog scandal, allowing serial rapists to proliferate, is a unique phenomenon that justifies this Court's reconsideration of existing statute of limits jurisprudence.

4. Whether this Court should address the merits of this case, which raises important and novel Fourth and Fifth Amendment questions.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming a statute of limitations defense on a motion to dismiss

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-28
Waiver of right of respondents City of Houston, Texas, et al. to respond filed.
2020-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2020)

Attorneys

City of Houston, Texas, et al.
Collyn A. PeddieCity of Houston Legal Department, Respondent
Dejenay Beckwith, et al.
Randall Lee KallinenKallinen Law PLLC, Petitioner