High Court Declines To Review Denial Of Qualified Immunity In Prison COVID-19 Case

( January 14, 2025, 1:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 denied the petition for writ of certiorari of prison officials seeking review of a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision reversing a Michigan federal court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint against the officials stemming from their management of the prison in response to COVID-19....