No. 23-1155

Priscilla Villarreal v. Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-24
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: arrest-without-cause civil-rights criminal-procedure first-amendment free-speech government-officials news-reporting public-officials qualified-immunity
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it obviously violates the First Amendment to arrest someone for asking government officials questions and publishing the information they volunteer.

2. Whether qualified immunity is unavailable to public officials who use a state statute in a way that obviously violates the First Amendment, as decisions from the Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits have held, or whether qualified immunity shields those officials, as the Fifth Circuit held below.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-it-obviously-violates-the-first-amendment-to-arrest-someone-for-asking-government-officials-questions-and-publishing-the-information-they-volunteer

Docket Entries

2024-11-18
Judgment Issued.
2024-10-15
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Gonzalez v. Trevino, 602 U. S. ___ (2024) (per curiam).
2024-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-13
2024-09-13
Reply of Priscilla Villarreal submitted.
2024-09-04
Brief of Texas in opposition submitted.
2024-09-04
Brief of Isidro R. Alaniz, et al. in opposition submitted.
2024-09-04
2024-09-04
2024-07-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 4, 2024, for all respondents.
2024-07-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-07-23
Motion of Texas for an extension of time submitted.
2024-06-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024, for all respondents.
2024-06-24
Motion of respondents Claudio Trevino, Jr., et al. to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-24
Motion of Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2 for an extension of time submitted.
2024-06-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.
2024-06-18
Motion of respondent Texas to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-05
Response Requested. (Due July 5, 2024)
2024-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-05-24
2024-05-24
2024-05-24
Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations filed.
2024-05-24
2024-05-24
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability filed.
2024-05-24
Brief amici curiae of Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute filed.
2024-05-24
2024-05-23
2024-05-23
2024-05-22
2024-05-22
2024-05-09
Waiver of right of respondents Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman to respond filed.
2024-05-03
2024-05-03
2024-05-02
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2024-04-26
Waiver of right of respondents Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2 to respond filed.
2024-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2024)

Attorneys

Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Cynthia Fleming CrawfordAmericans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus
Cato Institute
Thomas Arthur BerryCato Institute, Amicus
Center for American Liberty
John Michael Reeves Jr.Reeves Law LLC, Amicus
Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2
William Michael McKamieTaylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, LLP, Respondent
Alicia Kara KrehTaylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P., Respondent
Constitutional Accountability Center
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
First Liberty Institute
April Ann WimbergDentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP, Amicus
Independent Journalists
Catherine Bukowski SmithVinson & Elkins LLP, Amicus
Institute for Justice
Caroline Grace BrothersInstitute for Justice, Amicus
Anna Aleksandrovna BidwellInstitute for Justice, Amicus
Jaba TsitsuashviliInstitute for Justice, Amicus
Patrick Michael JaicomoInstitute for Justice, Amicus
Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.
F. Andrew Hessick III — Respondent
Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman
Jason Eric MageeAllison, Bass & Magee, L.L.P., Respondent
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
David John DeboldGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Muckrock Foundation
Aaron S. JacobsPrince Lobel Tye LLP, Amicus
Priscilla Villarreal
Joshua Tyler MorrisFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Petitioner
Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability
Gene Clayton SchaerrSchaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations
Bruce David BrownReporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Amicus
Reporters Radley Balko, David Barstow, Kathleen McElroy, Walter Robinson, John Schwartz, and Jacob Sullum
Matthew Aaron KudzinCovington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Texas
Lanora Christine PettitOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Aaron Lloyd NielsonOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute
John J. BurschAlliance Defending Freedom, Amicus
Rory Thomas GrayAlliance Defending Freedom, Amicus