No. 18-684

Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased v. John Frenz, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment arrest-procedure circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process eighth-amendment police-duty-of-care police-use-of-force qualified-immunity tenth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Are there circumstances in which police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest, as the Eighth and Tenth Circuits have held, or do officers necessarily satisfy their constitutional obligations by radioing for help, as the Sixth and Ninth Circuits have held?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are there circumstances in which police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest, as the Eighth and Tenth Circuits have held, or do officers necessarily satisfy their constitutional obligations by radioing for help, as the Sixth and Ninth Circuits have held?

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Rutherford Institute GRANTED.
2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-07
Reply of petitioner Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2019-01-28
Brief of respondents Sergeant John Frenz (#5141) and Officer Dustin Mckee (#2611) in opposition filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2018-12-27
Response Requested. (Due January 28, 2019)
2018-12-26
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Rutherford Institute.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2018-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-29
Waiver of right of respondents City of Columbus, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2018-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2018)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased
Daniel Scott Harawa — NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Petitioner
Sergeant John Frenz (#5141) and Officer Dustin Mckee (#2611)
Andrew Donald Matthew Miller — Columbus City Attorney's Office, Respondent
The Rutherford Institute
Anand Agneshwar — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus