No. 24-504

Joseph M. Hoskins v. Jared Withers, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-retaliation due-process first-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FirstAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-28 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether qualified immunity shields government officials from liability even in cases where they retaliate against a person for exercising a clearly established constitutional right.

2. Whether, even assuming a plaintiff must show that retaliatory conduct is clearly unlawful, qualified immunity should have been denied because the retaliatory conduct here was clearly unlawful.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether qualified immunity shields government officials from liability when retaliating against a person for exercising a clearly established constitutional right

Docket Entries

2025-03-31
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-10
2025-03-10
Reply of Joseph M. Hoskins submitted.
2025-02-21
2025-02-21
Brief of Jared Withers, et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-01-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 21, 2025.
2025-01-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2025 to February 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-01-06
Motion of Jared Withers, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
2024-12-20
Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
2024-12-20
2024-12-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2025.
2024-12-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2024 to January 22, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-11-21
Response Requested. (Due December 23, 2024)
2024-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent Jared Withers, et al. to respond filed.
2024-11-14
Waiver of Jared Withers, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2024-10-31
2024-09-18
Application (24A4) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 31, 2024.
2024-09-05
Application (24A4) to extend further the time from October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2024-07-03
Application (24A4) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 1, 2024.
2024-07-01
Application (24A4) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
Jared Withers, et al.
J. Clifford PetersenUtah Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Joseph M. Hoskins
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner