Johnny Moats, Sheriff, Polk County, Georgia, et al. v. Stephen Jarrard
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1. Whether the Court's Pickering-Garcetti framework applies to a First Amendment claim by an applicant for volunteer religious work in a local jail's program for inmates.
2. If the Pickering-Garcetti framework does not apply, whether a jail policy that lacks standards compliant with the First Amendment "unbridled discretion" doctrine is a basis for a damages claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, where an official's decision under the policy is made within a reasonable time and for a reason that does not violate the First Amendment.
3. Whether it was clearly established that the Pickering-Garcetti framework did not apply, and that petitioners' conduct violated clearly established law, thereby justifying denial of qualified immunity.
Whether the Court's Pickering-Garcetti framework applies to a First Amendment claim by an applicant for volunteer religious work in a local jail's program for inmates