No. 25-943

Antonio M. Smith v. John Kind, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-09
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment government-official qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a government official acts in an obviously unconstitutional manner, is that sufficient for the violation to be clearly established, as this Court has held and other Circuits have ruled in analogous circumstances, or is a violation clearly established only if there is binding precedent in a factually indistinguishable case, as the Seventh Circuit required here?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a government official acts in an obviously unconstitutional manner, is that sufficient for the violation to be clearly established, or is a violation clearly established only if there is binding precedent in a factually indistinguishable case?

Docket Entries

2026-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2026)
2025-12-01
Application (25A618) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until January 30, 2026.
2025-11-21
Application (25A618) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 1, 2025 to January 30, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Antonio M. Smith
Michael Anthony ScodroMayer Brown LLP, Petitioner