No. 20-21

Billy Duane Card Fleshner v. Matthew Tiedt, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process excessive-force law-enforcement police-accountability police-misconduct qualified-immunity
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can Peace Officers use excessive force when the force is objectively unreasonable and it violates well established case law and department policies?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The following questions are presented by the | petitioner: | 1. Can Peace Officers use excessive force when the force is objectively unreasonable and it violates well established case law and department policies? 2. Can the District Court contradict evidence recorded on video in its statement of facts? 3. Can the district court err by not being impartial and unbiased? 4. Are federal judges helping to make police unaccountable for their actions? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-03
Waiver of right of respondents Dan Schaefer and James E. Dickinson to respond filed.
2020-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Billy Duane Card Fleshner
Billy Duane Card Fleshner — Petitioner
Billy Duane Card Fleshner — Petitioner
Dan Schaefer and James E. Dickinson
John Robert LundquistIowa Department of Justice, Respondent
John Robert LundquistIowa Department of Justice, Respondent