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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
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2024 Application (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 2024 Application (23A863) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 22, 2024.
May 22 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)
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Jun 14 2024 Motion 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 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 24, 2024.
Jun 21 2024 Waiver of right of respondent Harris County, Texas to respond filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The National Urban League filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
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Jun 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Jul 18 2024 Motion 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 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 14, 2024.
Aug 14 2024 Brief of respondent Roberto Felix, Jr. in opposition filed.
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Aug 28 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 28 2024 Reply of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 04 2024 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 31 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Nov 13 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Nov 13 2024 Brief of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed.
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Nov 13 2024 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Nov 19 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Southern Border Communities Coalition filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for American Policing Reform filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of The National Urban League, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The National Police Accountability Project filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officials filed.
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Nov 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur and remand filed.
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Nov 25 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
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Dec 03 2024 CIRCULATED
Dec 13 2024 Brief of respondent Roberto Felix, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 13 2024 Letter of respondent Harris County informing the Court it will not file a brief on the merits nor participate in the oral argument filed.
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Dec 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of National Sheriffs’ Association filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 19 2024 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Dec 19 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of National Police Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amicus curiae of National Fraternal Order of Police filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Peace Officers Research Association of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Coalition of Law Enforcement, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2024 Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Jan 08 2025 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 08 2025 Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 08 2025 Reply of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 17 2025 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Jan 17 2025 Record received relectronically from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Jan 22 2025 Argued. For petitioner: Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Washington, D. C.; and Zoe A. Jacoby, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Charles L. McCloud, Washington, D. C.; and Lanora C. Pettit, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Austin, Tex. (for Texas, et al., as amici curiae.)
May 15 2025 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, Alito, and Barrett, JJ., joined.
Jun 16 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Katherine Booth Wellington
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
125 High St., Suite 2010
Boston, MA 02110

KATHERINE.WELLINGTON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM
Ph: 617-371-1037
Party name: Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased


Nathaniel Avi Gideon Zelinsky
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20004

nathaniel.zelinsky@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202 637-5600
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
Ph: 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
Ph: (337) 540-9120
Party name: Harris County, Texas


Charles Luther McCloud
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024

lmccloud@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5586
Party name: Roberto Felix, Jr.


Judith Ramsey Saldana
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons
4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77027

jramsey@thompsoncoe.com
Ph: 713-403-8210
Party name: Roberto Felix, Jr.


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Delia Addo-Yobo
Counsel of Record
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
1300 19th St NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036

addo-yobo@rfkhumanrights.org
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: (650) 843-5000
Party name: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence


Remzy D. Bitar
Counsel of Record
Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C.
730 N. Grand Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53186

rbitar@ammr.net
Ph: 262-548-1340
Party name: Wisconsin Coalition of Law Enforcement, Counties and Local Government Interest Groups


Joseph Carl Cecere
Counsel of Record
Cecere, PC
6035 McCommas Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75206

ccecere@cecerepc.com
Ph: 469-600-9455
Party name: Professor Seth W. Stoughton


Gregory Charles Champagne
Counsel of Record
St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office
260 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway
Luling, LA 70070

SheriffGC@stcharlessheriff.org
Ph: (985) 783-2883
Party name: National Sheriffs’ Association


Rachel Anna Chung
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye St. NW
Washington, DC 20006

rchung@omm.com
Ph: (202) 383-5264
Party name: The National Urban League


Scott William Davenport
Counsel of Record
Jones Mayer
3777 N. Harbor Blvd
Fullerton, CA 92835-1336

swd@jones-mayer.com
Ph: 7144461400
Party name: California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs Association, and California Peace Officers' Association


Chantale Fiebig
Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

chantale.fiebig@weil.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 3032441922
Party name: The Texas Civil Rights Project


Jeffrey Calvin Hendrickson
Counsel of Record
Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P.
1109 North Francis Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73106

jhendrickson@piercecouch.com
Ph: 405-235-1611
Party name: National Police Association and United Coalition of Public Safety


Larry H. James
Counsel of Record
Amundsen Davis LLC
500 South Front Street
Suite 1200
Columbus, OH 43215

ljames@amundsendavislaw.com
Ph: 614-229-4567
Party name: National Fraternal Order of Police


Douglas Eugene Litvack
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001-4412

DLITVACK@JENNER.COM
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 2024257499
Party name: Cato Institute, Law Enforcement Action Partnership & the Center for Policing Equity


Laura Dahl O'Leary
Counsel of Record
Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, PC
8140 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75231

loleary@fhmbk.com
Ph: 214-369-1300
Party name: Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, et al


Lanora Christine Pettit
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Texas, et al.


Elizabeth Catherine Rinehart
Counsel of Record
Venable LLP
750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900
Baltimore, MD 21202

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


Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Counsel of Record
Subbaraman PLLC
80 S. 8th St., Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402

MPS@SUBBLAW.COM
Ph: 612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.


Timothy Keith Talbot
Counsel of Record
Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC
One Capitol Mall, Suite 345
Sacramento, CA 95814

ttalbot@rlslawyers.com
Ph: 9166462860
Party name: Peace Officers Research Association of California and California Association of Highway Patrolmen


J. Scott Tiedemann
Counsel of Record
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
6033 West Century Boulevard, 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045

stiedemann@lcwlegal.com
Ph: (310) 981-2000
Party name: The Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association


Francisco Javier Valenzuela
Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C.
8140 Walnut Hill Lane
Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75231

fvalenzuela@fhmbk.com
Ph: 9728600398
Party name: Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, et al


 

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