No. 20-741

Tacara Anderson, on Behalf of Minor Child M. A. v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 4th-amendment bodily-injury civil-rights due-process excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are federal courts required to afford qualified immunity to a law enforcement officer who released a K9 on a child causing serious bodily injury?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Are federal courts required to afford qualified immunity to a law enforcement officer who released a K9 on a child who weighed 75 pounds and was 4 feet 10 inches tall causing serious bodily injury because he may have been involved in a property crime and fled? LIST OF PROCEEDINGS 1. Tacara Anderson, on behalf of minor child, MA v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez, Case No. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida; judgment entered September 30, 2019; Order denying Plaintiff's Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment entered October 31, 2019; 2. Tacara Anderson, on behalf of minor child, MA v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez, Case No. 19-14386-H; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Order affirming Motion for Summary Judgment entered on May 6, 2020; Petition for Rehearing En Banc denied August 19, 2020; 8. Tacara Anderson, on behalf of minor child, MA v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez, Case No. ; United States Supreme Court: i

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-24
Waiver of right of respondent Officer Jonathan Vazquez to respond filed.
2020-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Officer Jonathan Vazquez
Joseph P. PatnerExecutive Assistant City Attorney , Attorney for Defendant, Respondent
Joseph P. PatnerExecutive Assistant City Attorney , Attorney for Defendant, Respondent
Tacara Anderson
Michael P. MadduxMichael P. Maddux, PA, Petitioner
Michael P. MadduxMichael P. Maddux, PA, Petitioner