No. 19-345
Dorian Johnson v. City of Ferguson, Missouri, et al.
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment move-on-order police-encounter public-space reasonable-person-standard seizure totality-of-circumstances use-of-force
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a person can be 'seized' when he is not confined to a particular space
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED A “seizure” occurs under the Fourth Amendment when, under the totality of the circumstances, “a reasonable person would believe he was not free to decline the officers’ requests or otherwise terminate the encounter.” Here, Officer Wilson delivered a harshly delivered “move on” order to Johnson and his friend, Michael Brown on a public street, blocked Johnson’s path with his police cruiser, drew his sidearm, fired it, and killed Brown. The question presented is whether a person can be “seized” when he is not confined to a particular space.
Docket Entries
2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-11-05
Reply of petitioner Dorian Johnson filed.
2019-10-17
Brief of respondents City of Ferguson Missouri, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2019)
Attorneys
City of Ferguson Missouri, et al.
Robert Thomas Plunkert — Pitzer, Snodgrass, P.C., Respondent
Dorian Johnson