No. 25-992

Reginald Johnson v. City of Satsuma, Alabama, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-19
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-act equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment racial-discrimination state-action
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the City of Satsuma, acting in concert with Maurice Kirk Harless, individually and collectively, under color of law, deprived the plaintiff of the equal treatment/protection of the law as guaranteed by the Constitution under 42 USC §1983 by engaging in inequitable and racially discriminatory conduct, and subjecting plaintiff to discrimination and differential treatment in violation of the Equal Protection Clause such as being singled out and treated differently compared to all other persons within the city of Satsuma because of race, and color of skin.

Whether the lower court used an unfair application of the laws, and unconsciously integrated racial bias as compared to examining the elements of the claim to determine if the legal standards for this 42 USC §1983 claims were met?

Whether the lower court get it wrong in denying Plaintiff 's Motion for Equal Protection of the Law as it relates to the Civil Rights Claims Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the City of Satsuma and Maurice Kirk Harless, acting under color of law, deprived Petitioner of equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 through racially discriminatory conduct, and whether the lower courts improperly denied Petitioner's motion for equal protection by applying the law unfairly and with unconscious racial bias

Docket Entries

2025-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)

Attorneys

Reginald Johnson
Reginald Johnson — Petitioner