No. 22-6484
Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, et al.
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights discriminatory-intent discriminatory-policing driving-while-black equal-protection fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement racial-discrimination racial-profiling traffic-stop
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
SocialSecurity DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2023-03-03
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish that the officer was motivated solely on the basis of race
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish that the officer was motivated solely on the basis of race. 2. Whether evidence showing officers treated two Caucasian individuals more favorably in a traffic stop than several Black individuals in traffic stops is sufficient to generate a jury question on the officers’ discriminatory intent and effect.
Docket Entries
2023-03-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
2023-01-18
Waiver of right of respondent Kyle Thies to respond filed.
2023-01-12
Waiver of right of respondents City of Des Moines; Dana Wingert, Clint Dee to respond filed.
2023-01-09
Motion (22M55) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2022-12-14
MOTION (22M55) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-05
Motion (22M55) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2022-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)
Attorneys
City of Des Moines; Dana Wingert, Clint Dee
John Oscar Haraldson — City of Des Moines Legal Department, Respondent
Courtney Saunders
Gina Messamer — Parrish Law Firm, Petitioner
Kyle Thies
S. Luke Craven — Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Respondent