No. 23-1374

Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection jail-intake procedural-guideposts procedure qualified-immunity racial-segregation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether a jail intake officer with no responsibility
for classification or cell assignments nevertheless
had a clearly established constitutional duty to
inform others that a compliant inmate had been
arrested for an allegedly racially motivated
assault so that inmate's housing assignment could
be determined by a separate department.

(2) Assuming this constitutional duty was clearly
established, whether the Eleventh Circuit's
direction to racially segregate is procedurally
defective because it did not provide procedural
guideposts.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a jail intake officer had a clearly-established constitutional duty to inform others about an inmate's alleged racial animus in underlying charges

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-01
Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, Association County Commissioners of Georgia, Georgia Municipal Association filed. (Distributed)
2024-08-01
Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-05
Brief of Jerry Nelson, as personal representative of the estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., et al. in opposition submitted.
2024-07-05
Brief of respondents Jerry Nelson, as personal representative of the estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., et al. in opposition filed.
2024-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2024)
2024-04-24
Application (23A951) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 26, 2024.
2024-04-19
Application (23A951) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2024 to June 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

International Municipal Lawyers Association, Association County Commissioners of Georgia, Georgia Municipal Association
Christopher D. BalchBalch Law Group, Amicus
Jerry Nelson, as personal representative of the estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., et al.
Craig Thomas JonesCraig T. Jones, P.C., Respondent
Keyvon Sellers
Thomas F. GristinaPage, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Petitioner