No. 18-9032

Michael Slager v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights credibility-of-witness criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony legal-standard officer-involved-shooting police-misconduct police-use-of-force second-degree-murder use-of-force voluntary-manslaughter
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court deny Petitioner's right to due process when it found that the underlying conduct at issue here—Officer Michael Slager's shooting of Mr. Walter Scott, immediately after the two were engaged in a physical altercation on the ground, constituted second-degree murder and not voluntary manslaughter, when that finding was contrary to the record?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Did the district court deny Petitioner’s right to due process when it found that the underlying conduct at issue here—Officer Michael Slager’s shooting of Mr. Walter Scott, immediately after the two were engaged in a physical altercation on the ground, constituted second-degree murder and not voluntary manslaughter, when that finding was contrary to the record?

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 30, 2019)

Attorneys

Slager Michael
Elizabeth Anne Franklin-BestBlume Franklin-Best & Young, LLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent