No. 22-1171

James LeBlanc, et al. v. Jessie Crittindon, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment overdetention prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 state-officials supervisory-liability
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Do high-ranking state prison officials violate a prisoner's constitutional rights by failing to promulgate policies cajoling independent, locally-elected sheriffs to do their jobs timely and efficiently?

(2) Did any clearly established law warn the DPSC officials they would be held personally liable for failing to promulgate such policies?

(3) Does any clearly established law warn state prison officials they will be held personally liable for failing to respond for 17 days to reports of phone calls from family members of persons incarcerated in a local parish jail?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do high-ranking state prison officials violate a prisoner's constitutional rights by failing to promulgate policies cajoling independent, locally-elected sheriffs to do their jobs timely and efficiently?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-06
Waiver of right of respondent Jessie Crittindon, et al. to respond filed.
2023-05-31
2023-04-24
Application (22A926) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 31, 2023.
2023-04-20
Application (22A926) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

James LeBlanc
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Jessie Crittindon, et al.
Emily Mottiel WashingtonRoderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Respondent