No. 23-1239
Title:Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased, Petitioner
v.
Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.
Docketed:May 24, 2024
Linked with 23A863
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(22-20519)
   Decision Date:January 23, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2024Application (23A863) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 22, 2024 to May 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Mar 27 2024Application (23A863) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 22, 2024.
May 22 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)
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Jun 14 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 24, 2024 to July 24, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. (Motion docketed 6/21/24)
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Jun 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 24, 2024.
Jun 21 2024Waiver of right of respondent Harris County, Texas to respond filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The National Urban League filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
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Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Jul 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 24, 2024 to August 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 19 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 14, 2024.
Aug 14 2024Brief of respondent Roberto Felix, Jr. in opposition filed.
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Aug 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 28 2024Reply of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 04 2024Petition GRANTED.
Oct 31 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Nov 13 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Nov 13 2024Brief of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed.
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Nov 13 2024Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Nov 19 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Southern Border Communities Coalition filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Institute for American Policing Reform filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The National Urban League filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The National Police Accountability Project filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officials filed.
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Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Nov 25 2024Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Katherine Booth Wellington
    Counsel of Record		Hogan Lovells US LLP
125 High St., Suite 2010
Boston, MA 02110

KATHERINE.WELLINGTON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM		617-371-1037
Party name: Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased
Attorneys for Respondents
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
    Counsel of Record		Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

LBLATT@WC.COM		202-434-5050
Party name: Roberto Felix, Jr.
Seth Barrett Hopkins
    Counsel of Record		Harris County Attorney's Office
1019 Congress Avenue, 15th Floor
Houston, TX 77002

Seth.Hopkins@harriscountytx.gov		3375409120
Party name: Harris County, Texas
Judith Ramsey SaldanaThompson Coe Cousins & Irons
4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77027

jramsey@thompsoncoe.com		713-403-8210
Party name: Roberto Felix, Jr.
Other
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
    Counsel of Record		Subbaraman PLLC
80 S. 8th St., Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402

MPS@SUBBLAW.COM		612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.
Delia Addo-Yobo
    Counsel of Record		Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
1300 19th St NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036

addo-yobo@rfkhumanrights.org		(240) 813-8887
Party name: Southern Border Communities Coalition
Arthur Emmanuel Ago
    Counsel of Record		Southern Poverty Law Center
1101 17th Street, NW
Suite 550
Washington, DC 20036

arthur.ago@splcenter.org		202-961-9325
Party name: The Southern Poverty Law Center
Maureen Patricia Alger
    Counsel of Record		Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

malger@cooley.com		(650) 843-5000
Party name: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Joseph Carl Cecere
    Counsel of Record		Cecere, PC
6035 McCommas Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75206

ccecere@cecerepc.com		469-600-9455
Party name: Professor Seth W. Stoughton
Rachel Anna Chung
    Counsel of Record		O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye St. NW
Washington, DC 20006

rchung@omm.com		(202) 383-5264
Party name: The National Urban League
Chantale Fiebig
    Counsel of Record		Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

chantale.fiebig@weil.com		202-682-7000
Party name: Institute for American Policing Reform
Dana Evans Foster
    Counsel of Record		White & Case LLP
701 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

defoster@whitecase.com		2026263600
Party name: The National Police Accountability Project
Brianne Jenna Gorod
    Counsel of Record		Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG		202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
Daniel Nathan Guisbond
    Counsel of Record		Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
370 17th Street, Suite 4500
Denver, CO 80202-5647

guisbond@wtotrial.com		3032441922
Party name: The Texas Civil Rights Project
Douglas Eugene Litvack
    Counsel of Record		Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001-4412

DLITVACK@JENNER.COM		202-639-6000
Party name: Due Process Institute and Restore the Fourth, Inc.
Douglas Eugene Litvack
    Counsel of Record		Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001-4412

DLITVACK@JENNER.COM		202-639-6000
Party name: Due Process Institute and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Angela Marie Liu
    Counsel of Record		Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10036

angela.liu@dechert.com		212-698-3678
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
Raffi Melkonian
    Counsel of Record		Wright, Close & Barger LLP
1 Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056

melkonian@wrightclosebarger.com		713-572-4321
Party name: Color of Change
Clark M. Neily III
    Counsel of Record		Cato Institute
1000 Mass. Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

CNEILY@CATO.ORG		2024257499
Party name: Cato Institute, Law Enforcement Action Partnership & the Center for Policing Equity
Elizabeth Catherine Rinehart
    Counsel of Record		Venable LLP
750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900
Baltimore, MD 21202

LCRinehart@venable.com		4105284646
Party name: Current and Former Law Enforcement Officials