Whitley v. Hanna
Petition for certiorari denied on April 28, 2014
Issue: (1) Whether a victim raped by a police officer acting under color of law can bring a Section 1983 substantive due process claim against state and local law enforcement officers and officials who, in the course of their investigation of her attacker, made the deliberate decision to build their prosecution case by allowing the victim to be repeatedly assaulted; (2) whether, under the deliberate indifference standard, law enforcement officers and officials are excused for knowing and intentional violations of a victim's constitutional rights in the course of investigating a state actor if the violations were committed as part of a plan to secure a conviction; and (3) whether knowingly allowing a sexual assault by a state actor is justifiable by any governmental interest.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, April 25, 2014)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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12/05/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2014) |
01/02/2014 | Waiver of right of respondents Michael Murray and Robert Grubbs to respond filed. |
01/22/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014. |
02/04/2014 | Response Requested . (Due March 6, 2014) |
02/27/2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 20, 2014, for all respondents. |
02/28/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
03/06/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, et al. filed. |
03/19/2014 | Brief of respondents Michael Murray and Robert Grubbs in opposition filed. |
03/20/2014 | Brief of respondents John Nick Hanna, and Robert Bullock in opposition filed. |
04/07/2014 | Reply of petitioner Natasha Whitley filed. |
04/09/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 25, 2014. |
04/28/2014 | Petition DENIED. |