No. 23-1155
Priscilla Villarreal v. Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.
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
Reply of petitioner Priscilla Villarreal filed.
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
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2024-09-04
Brief of respondents Isidro R. Alaniz, et al. in opposition filed.
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
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
2024-05-24
Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
2024-05-24
Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations filed.
2024-05-24
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
2024-05-23
Brief amicus curiae of Law Enforcement Action Partnership filed.
2024-05-23
Brief amici curiae of Independent Journalists filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amicus curiae of Muckrock Foundation filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of Reporters, et al. filed.
2024-05-09
Waiver of right of respondents Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman to respond filed.
2024-05-03
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2024-05-03
Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed.
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
Cato Institute
Thomas Arthur Berry — Cato Institute, Amicus
Center for American Liberty
John Michael Reeves Jr. — Reeves Law LLC, Amicus
Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2
Alicia Kara Kreh — Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P., Respondent
Constitutional Accountability Center
First Liberty Institute
Independent Journalists
Catherine Bukowski Smith — Vinson & Elkins LLP, Amicus
Institute for Justice
Caroline Grace Brothers — Institute for Justice, Amicus
Jaba Tsitsuashvili — Institute for Justice, Amicus
Patrick Michael Jaicomo — Institute for Justice, Amicus
Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.
F. Andrew Hessick III — Respondent
Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman
Jason Eric Magee — Allison, Bass & Magee, L.L.P., Respondent
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
David John Debold — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Muckrock Foundation
Aaron S. Jacobs — Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Amicus
Priscilla Villarreal
Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations
Reporters Radley Balko, David Barstow, Kathleen McElroy, Walter Robinson, John Schwartz, and Jacob Sullum
Matthew Aaron Kudzin — Covington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Texas
Lanora Christine Pettit — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Aaron Lloyd Nielson — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute
John J. Bursch — Alliance Defending Freedom, Amicus
Rory Thomas Gray — Alliance Defending Freedom, Amicus