No. 23-972

Angela Germaine Spencer, By and Through Next Friend and Mother of A. S., a Minor v. Harrison County, Texas

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: children-in-court civil-procedure civil-rights detainee-rights detainees due-process fifth-circuit nonjury-proceedings shackling
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess FourthAmendment Punishment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the indiscriminate shackling of detainees, particularly children, in nonjury proceedings violates the Due Process Clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the indiscriminate shackling of detainees, particularly children, in nonjury proceedings violates the Due Process Clause

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-26
Reply of Angela Germaine Spencer, by and through next friend and mother of A.S., a minor submitted.
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2024-06-26
Reply of petitioner Angela Germaine Spencer, by and through next friend and mother of A.S., a minor filed. (Distributed)
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2024-06-12
Brief of respondent Harrison County, Texas in opposition filed.
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2024-05-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 12, 2024.
2024-05-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2024 to June 12, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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2024-04-18
Response Requested. (Due May 20, 2024)
2024-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-04-05
Brief amici curiae of Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates,et al. filed.
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2024-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024)
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2024-02-01
Application (23A603) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 1, 2024.
2024-01-29
Application (23A603) to extend further the time from February 8, 2024 to March 1, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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2024-01-04
Application (23A603) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 8, 2024.
2023-12-28
Application (23A603) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2024 to February 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

Angela Germaine Spencer, by and through next friend and mother of A.S., a minor
Xiao Wang — University of Virginia School of Law, Petitioner
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Texas Civil Rights Project, Disability Rights Texas, Intercultural Development Research Association, and Texas Appleseed
Leslie Salzman — Cardozo Bet Tzedek legal Serv., Amicus
Harrison County, Texas
Robert Scott Davis — Flowers Davis, P.L.L.C., Respondent