No. 18-323

Suzan Evans, Individually and as Wife and Next of Kin of Scott Evans, Deceased v. United States, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: circuit-split constitutional-law excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor police-conduct reasonableness-standard tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances use-of-force
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor requires consideration of unreasonable police conduct prior to the use of force, as held by the First, Third, and Tenth Circuits, or whether the court may only consider the moment of the seizure, as held by the Second and Eleventh Circuits and the divided panel of the Sixth Circuit in this case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under this Court’s decisions in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985) and Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989), means taking into account unreasonable police conduct prior to the use of force that foreseeably created the need to use it, as the First, Third and Tenth Circuits hold or whether the court may only consider the moment of the seizure as the Second and Eleventh Circuits hold and as the divided panel of the Sixth Circuit held in this case. ii LIST OF ALL PARTIES The party to the judgment from which review is sought is Petitioner Susan Evans both individually and as Wife and personal representative of the Estate of Scott Evans. She was a party to all proceedings below. Respondents are the United States and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-31
Reply of petitioner Suzan Evans filed.
2019-01-22
Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-12-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 22, 2019.
2018-12-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 21, 2018 to January 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-11-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 21, 2018.
2018-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 21, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-10-22
Response Requested. (Due November 21, 2018)
2018-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-11
Waiver of right of respondents United States, et al. to respond filed.
2018-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2018)

Attorneys

Suzan Evans
T. Scott JonesBanks & Jones, Petitioner
United States, et al.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent