No. 21-6408

James A. Harnage v. Janine Brennan, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-discretion plea-agreement settlement-agreement state-action
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether A state violates The Express Terms of A settlement Agreament By Failing To Inform The Decison Maker of Ther Authorlty To Grant Approvals That Cannot Be Unreasonably withheld:

2. Whether A state volates The Materlal Terms of Asettlement Agreement By Failing To Inform A Decislon Maker of The standard To Be Applled In Considering To brant Approvals That cannot Be Unreasonably witheld.

3. Dealing By Arbitrarly And Irratlonally Withholding Approrals That Cannot Be Unreasonably Withheld In Implementation of A settlement Agreement wsthort Reason.

4. Whether A State That Breaches Material Terms ofA settlement Agreement May still Rely On The Release And Waiver clawse of The Agreement, To Beneflt Third Party 5tate Employae As To The Evaluations And Testlmonles of Valletta And Roiz.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state violates the express terms of a settlement agreement by refusing to affirm the decision maker of their authority to grant approvals that cannot be unreasonably withheld

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-01
Waiver of right of respondents Janine Brennan, et al. to respond filed.
2021-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)

Attorneys

James A. Harnage
James A. Harnage — Petitioner
Janine Brennan, et al.
Stephen Richard FinucaneOffice of the Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Respondent