No. 20-840

Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed handgun inside her own home?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize a police officer to use deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed handgun inside her own home when it is undisputed that the gun never left its holster and there is a factual dispute as to whether she reached for it when the officer unexpectedly entered her bedroom in response to a 911 ambulance call? 2. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against someone in mere possession of a handgun which is holstered and has not yet been drawn, raised, or brandished in a threatening manner? 3. Does 28 U.S.C. ยง1367 require a district court to weigh the factors set forth in United Mine Workers of Am. v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715 (1966) โ€” and to articulate the process by which it weighed such factors โ€” in exercising discretion to retain supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims after all federal claims have been dismissed when there are substantive differences between state and federal law, and the interests of federalism dictate that state courts be the ultimate arbiter of state law questions?

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-04
Brief of respondent Jason Hart in opposition filed.
2021-01-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 4, 2021.
2021-01-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2021 to February 4, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Jason Hart
Terry E. WilliamsWilliams, Morris & Waymire, LLC, Respondent
Terry E. WilliamsWilliams, Morris & Waymire, LLC, Respondent
Kenneth Knowles
Craig Thomas JonesCraig T. Jones, P.C., Petitioner
Craig Thomas JonesCraig T. Jones, P.C., Petitioner