No. 18-1176

Eric Wenzel, et al. v. Carl Storm

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights dash-camera-evidence dash-camera-video excessive-force fourth-amendment lytle-v-bexar-county police-use-of-force qualified-immunity scott-v-harris seizure-intrusive seizure-standard summary-judgment unarmed-suspect
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Officer Storm was entitled to qualified immunity for the fatal shooting of Mr. Wenzel under the Fourth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Respondent Officer Storm was entitled to qualified immunity on the Wenzel Petitioners’ claim of excessive force under the Fourth Amendment for Officer Storm’s fatal shooting of Mr. Wenzel in that Officer Storm possessed on his duty belt a baton, a pepper spray device and could see Mr. Wenzel’s hands swinging at his side, not possessing or holding in his hands any weapons; his hands were empty; Mr. Wenzel, unarmed, and his hands can be seen exiting his vehicle and walking towards Officer Storm to the time he was fatally shot by Officer Storm as the video was recorded by Officer Storm’s dash camera, and the holding violates this Honorable Court’s long-standing precedent in that a seizure is unlawful when it is “more intrusive than necessary” Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 504 (1983) and directly conflicts with several sister circuits rulings also addressing qualified immunity of the shooting of an unarmed suspect: Lytle v. Bexar Cty., Tex., 560 F.3d 404 (5th Cir. 2009) (qualified immunity denied; also was a video relating to the incident); Floyd v. City of Detroit, 518 F.3d 398 (6th Cir. 2008) (qualified immunity denied); A. K. H. by & through Landeros v. City of Tustin, 837 F.3d 1005 (9th Cir. 2016) (qualified immunity denied); Lee v. Ferraro, 284 F.3d 1188 (11th Cir. 2002)? 2. Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Respondent Officer Storm was entitled to qualified immunity on the Wenzel Petitioners’ claim of excessive force under the Fourth Amendment for Officer Storm’s fatal shooting of Mr. Wenzel in that ii Mr. Wenzel’s hands were swinging at his side, not possessing or holding in his hands any weapon and his hands were empty; by invading the province of the jury and ruling contrary to this established Supreme Court precedent of Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) and Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007) by weighing the evidence in deciding the truth of the matter and making factual determinations of the video that was recorded by Officer Storm’s dashboard camera and captured the fatal shooting of Mr. Wenzel, while drawing inferences in the favor of Officer Storm?

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-03-27
Waiver of right of respondent Carl Storm to respond filed.
2019-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2019)
2019-02-22
Application (18A696) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until March 8, 2019.
2019-01-24
Application (18A696) to extend further the time from February 6, 2019 to March 8, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2019-01-04
Application (18A696) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 6, 2019.
2018-12-28
Application (18A696) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 7, 2019 to March 8, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Carl Storm
Mark Zoole — Respondent
Mark Zoole — Respondent
Eric Wenzel, et al.
James W. Schottel Jr.Schottel & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
James W. Schottel Jr.Schottel & Associates, P.C., Petitioner