No. 20-346
D. Ashley Pennington v. Beattie I. Butler
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-termination first-amendment fourth-circuit public-defender qualified-immunity scott-v-harris standing
Latest Conference:
2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit, consistent with this Court's decision in Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), should have exercised jurisdiction and considered certain, particular evidence in respect to the application of qualified immunity.
2. Whether, as to qualified immunity and prior to October 14, 2014, it was "clearly established," "beyond debate" to a supervising public defender that restraining a subordinate public defender's speech and terminating the subordinate defender's employment, in the particular circumstances presented, violated the First Amendment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Circuit should have exercised jurisdiction and considered evidence regarding qualified immunity
Docket Entries
2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-21
Waiver of right of respondent Beattie I. Butler to respond filed.
2020-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2020)
Attorneys
Beattie I. Butler
Richard Kammen — Kammen and Moudy, Respondent
D. Ashley Pennington
Caroline Wrenn Cleveland — Cleveland Law, LLC, Petitioner