No. 20-877

Trinell King v. Ricky Pridmore, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force hope-v-peltzer police-misconduct qualified-immunity racial-bias summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton
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Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit disregarded the summary judgment standard in Trinell King's case and improperly weighed the evidence in favor of the White officers

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Respondents Ricky Pridmore, Corey Archer, and Andrew Hill are White police officers who treated Petitioner Trinell King, a young Black citizen, as a tool and pawn. The officers repeatedly told King they would “fuck him over” if he did not work their sting operation to catch an armed felon. Because of this pressure, King gave in and was shot five times in the gunfight during the “botched sting.” The Eleventh Circuit weighed the evidence in favor of the officers at the summary judgment stage and held that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity because King’s rights were not clearly established. The Court stated it would have ruled for King had the officers told King they would “fuck him up” instead of repeatedly telling him they were going to “fuck him over.” The questions presented for review are: 1. In granting the officers qualified immunity, the Eleventh Circuit disregarded the summary judgment standard in Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650 (2014), when it improperly weighed the evidence in favor of the White officers, instead of the Black citizen. 2. The Eleventh Circuit’s holding conflicts with Hope v. Peltzer, 536 U.S. 730 (2002) and cases from the Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, which rejected a requirement that previous cases be “fundamentally similar” or involve “material similar” facts. li QUESTIONS PRESENTED — Continued 8. Should the judge-made doctrine of qualified immunity be narrowed to remove the “clearly established” requirement?

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-01
Reply of petitioner Trinell King filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-12
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until March 31, 2021 granted.
2021-03-05
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from March 24, 2021 to March 31, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-03-03
Brief of respondents Ricky Pridmore, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-01-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2021.
2021-01-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 1, 2021 to March 3, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Ricky Pridmore, et al.
Edgar Robert HadenBalch & Bingham LLP, Respondent
Edgar Robert HadenBalch & Bingham LLP, Respondent
Trinell King
Richard RileyMarsh, Rickard & Bryan, PC, Petitioner
Richard RileyMarsh, Rickard & Bryan, PC, Petitioner