No. 22-793

Paul Donald Davis, et al. v. Paul Waller, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights deadly-force due-process hostage law-enforcement non-suspect-seizure qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-04-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied the test for the constitutional use of deadly force set forth by this Court in Tennessee v. Garner

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied the test for the constitutional use of deadly force set forth by this Court in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 11, 105 S. Ct. 1694, 85 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1985), when it held that the threat posed by Plaintiff’s captor — a felony suspect, who was forcing Plaintiff to drive at gunpoint so that he could escape police — justified the Defendant officers’ intentional use of deadly force to seize Plaintiff, an innocent hostage who was not suspected of any crime?

Docket Entries

2023-05-01
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
2023-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2023)
2023-01-05
Application (22A595) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 16, 2023.
2022-12-30
Application (22A595) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2023 to February 16, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Donald Davis, et al.
Sidney Leighton Moore IIITroutman Sanders LLP, Petitioner