No. 21-18

Skyler Thomas Rice v. Ed Gonzalez, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: article-iii circuit-split civil-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus jurisdiction mootness prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se standing
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the court of appeals' judgment should be vacated, where the appeal was moot at the time the opinion issued because Petitioner two months earlier had been transferred from the pretrial detention that was the only subject of his case.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court of appeals' judgment should be vacated, where the appeal was moot at the time the opinion issued

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-19
Waiver of right of respondents Ed Gonzalez, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas to respond filed.
2021-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Ed Gonzalez, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas
Seth Barrett HopkinsHarris County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Skyler Thomas Rice
Andre Ivan SeguraAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Petitioner