No. 22-675
Vicki Jo Lewis, et vir, Individually and as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Isaiah Mark Lewis, Deceased v. City of Edmond, Oklahoma, et al.
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-established clearly-established-law constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-reversal
Latest Conference:
2023-03-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether this Court should reconsider the judge made doctrine of qualified immunity.
2. Whether qualified immunity insulates a law enforcement officer from liability from excessive force claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 if there is no factually indistinguishable precedent establishing the unconstitutionality of that officer's conduct, or whether the law can be "clearly established" by precedent with some factual variation so long as the officer has fair notice that his conduct is unconstitutional.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the doctrine of qualified immunity should be reconsidered
Docket Entries
2023-03-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
2023-03-06
Reply of petitioners Vicki Jo Lewis, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-21
Brief of respondent Denton Scherman in opposition filed.
2023-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2023)
2023-01-06
Application (22A508) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
2022-12-30
Application (22A508) to extend further the time from January 14, 2023 to February 13, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2022-12-08
Application (22A508) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 14, 2023.
2022-12-02
Application (22A508) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2022 to February 13, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Attorneys
Denton Scherman
Kathryn Denise Terry — Phillips Murrah, PC, Respondent
Vicki Jo Lewis, et al.