No. 20-5789
Gerard Nguedi v. Brian Caulfield, et al.
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-misconduct qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2020-11-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Are police officers entitled to qualified immunity even if they use substantial force against non-threatening suspected misdemeanants?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Are police officers entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law—even if they use substantial force against non-threatening suspected misdemeanants to break in, beat and drug the suspect, who is neither fleeing, nor resisting arrest, nor posing a safety risk to anyone—so long as no prior case involves a virtually identical fact pattern? II.
Docket Entries
2020-11-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
2020-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)
Attorneys
Gerard Nguedi
Gerard Nguedi — Petitioner