No. 18-1326

Justin Shultz, et al. v. Jason Cole

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process first-amendment individual-assessment law-enforcement legal-standard police-conduct qualified-immunity retaliation summary-judgment
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When multiple police officers seek qualified immunity on a summary judgment motion, their entitlement to qualified immunity should be evaluated individually, not collectively

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. When multiple police officers seek qualified immunity on a summary judgment motion, should their entitlement to qualified immunity be evaluated individually or collectively? 2. Did the court below act contrary to this Court’s precedents by relying on a_ single inapposite precedent—its own—in determining that it was clearly established that business owners have a right to be free from retaliation directed toward their business by police officers after the owner complained to those police officers regarding their conduct?

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent Jason Cole to respond filed.
2019-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Jason Cole
Richard J. CromerLeech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Respondent
Richard J. CromerLeech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Respondent
Justin Shultz
Bernard Paul Matthews Jr.Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C., Petitioner
Bernard Paul Matthews Jr.Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C., Petitioner
Terry Childs
Christopher Peter GerberSiana, Bellwoar and McAndrew, LLP, Petitioner
Christopher Peter GerberSiana, Bellwoar and McAndrew, LLP, Petitioner