No. 21-617
Christopher N. Payne v. Jahal Taslimi, et al.
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment inmate-privacy medical-confidentiality penological-interests prejudice privacy qualified-immunity
Latest Conference:
2021-12-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Do inmates have a constitutional right to privacy in their HIV status, as the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits have held (subject to legitimate penological interests), or is there no such right, as the Fourth Circuit ruled in this case?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do inmates have a constitutional right to privacy in their HIV status?
Docket Entries
2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-23
Brief amicus curiae of Uptown People's Law Center filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-23
Brief amici curiae of American Academy of HIV Medicine, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent Jahal Taslimi, et al. to respond filed.
2021-10-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)
Attorneys
American Academy of HIV Medicine, GLMA, The HIV Medicine Association, and The Legal Action Center
Edward Robert McNicholas — Ropes & Gray LLP, Amicus
Christopher N. Payne
Matthew Allen Fitzgerald — McGuireWoods LLP, Petitioner
Jahal Taslimi, et al.
Jeffrey Hamilton Geiger — Sands Anderson PC, Respondent
Uptown People's Law Center
Charles Bennett Klein — Winston & Strawn LLP, Amicus