No. 20-5789

Gerard Nguedi v. Brian Caulfield, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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