No. 19-682
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment non-compliance police-misconduct qualified-immunity use-of-force
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment
Latest Conference:
2020-05-15
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Are police officers entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law even if they use substantial force against non-threatening suspected misdemeanants who are neither fleeing, nor resisting arrest, nor posing a safety risk to anyone, so long as no prior case involves a virtually identical fact pattern?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
question presented is: Are police officers entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law—even if they use substantial force against non-threatening suspected misdemeanants who are neither fleeing, nor resisting arrest, nor posing a safety risk to anyone—so long as no prior case involves a virtually identical fact pattern?
Docket Entries
2020-08-03
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-07-09
DISTRIBUTED.
2020-06-12
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-20
Reply of petitioner Melanie Kelsay filed.
2020-03-25
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 28, 2020, granted.
2020-03-24
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 1, 2020 to April 28, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-13
Brief of respondent Matt Ernst in opposition filed.
2020-02-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2020.
2020-02-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 12, 2020 to March 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-13
Response Requested. (Due February 12, 2020)
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-23
Waiver of right of respondent Matt Ernst to respond filed.
2019-12-23
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2019-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)
2019-10-30
Application (19A473) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 11, 2019 to December 11, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2019-10-30
Application (19A473) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 11, 2019.
Attorneys
Cato Institute
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Matt Ernst
Brandy Rae Johnson — Governmental Law, LLC, Respondent
Brandy Rae Johnson — Governmental Law, LLC, Respondent
Melanie Kelsay