No. 20-6527

Byron Brown v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review bivens civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process federal-government legal-interpretation seventh-circuit writ-of-certiorari
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's civil rights claims against the United States government for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971)

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2020-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionPetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Byron Brown
Gregory Tyrone Mitchell — Law Office of Gregory T. Mitchell, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent