No. 20-245

Patricia Nelson v. Esteban Rivera

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-rights excessive-force eyewitness-testimony qualified-immunity summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-01-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in granting qualified immunity despite evidence supporting the plaintiff's position

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Sixth Circuit erred when it conspicuously disregarded the standard set forth in Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650 (2014) by granting qualified immunity based upon the defendant officer’s testimony while failing to consider not only minor N.K.’s testimony but also eyewitnesses’ testimony and dash-camera video which support minor N.K.’s position that he was compliant and empty-handed at the time that he was shot. 1

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-08
Reply of petitioner Patricia Nelson, et al. submitted.
2021-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2020-12-23
Brief of respondent Esteban Rivera in opposition filed.
2020-11-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 23, 2020.
2020-11-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2020 to December 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-26
Response Requested. (Due November 25, 2020)
2020-10-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-10-10
Waiver of right of respondent Esteban Rivera to respond filed.
2020-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Esteban Rivera
Jill Ellen SteeleBattle Creek City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jill Ellen SteeleBattle Creek City Attorney's Office, Respondent
C. Marcel Stoetzel IIICity Attorney's Office, Respondent
C. Marcel Stoetzel IIICity Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jill H. SteeleCity of Battle Creek City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jill H. SteeleCity of Battle Creek City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Patricia Nelson, et al.
Christopher J. TrainorChristopher Trainor and Associates, Petitioner
Christopher J. TrainorChristopher Trainor and Associates, Petitioner