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Benning v. Oliver

Petition for certiorari denied on April 29, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-664 11th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: (1) Whether, where the Supreme Court has required that a prisoner is entitled to procedural safeguards if their "correspondence" is intercepted, respondents are entitled to qualified immunity simply because the correspondence in the Supreme Court case was postal mail, rather than email; and (2) whether the doctrine of qualified immunity should be abolished, pared back, or clarified.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/23/2023Application (23A376) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 15, 2023 to January 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
10/25/2023Application (23A376) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 15, 2023.
12/15/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2024)
01/04/2024Waiver of right of respondents Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
01/10/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
01/12/2024Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2024Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
01/22/2024Response Requested. (Due February 21, 2024)
01/31/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 21, 2024 to March 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
02/01/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 22, 2024.
03/22/2024Brief of respondents Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
04/08/2024Reply of petitioner Ralph Harrison Benning filed. (Distributed)
04/10/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
04/29/2024Petition DENIED.