No. 22-848

James Douglas Fox v. Mark Campbell, et ux.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: county-of-sacramento-v-lewis excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement qualified-immunity seizure self-defense unreasonable-force
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment standard for evaluating unreasonable force claims or the Fourteenth Amendment standard applies when law enforcement shoots, but misses the intended target and an unknown occupant of the residence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner James Fox performed a welfare check at the home of Respondents Mark Campbell and Sherrie Campbell. Mark stated through the closed front door that he had a gun and began to open the door. Fox fired eight shots toward the door. The shots did not strike Mark nor Sherrie who was unknown to be in the residence. The questions presented are: 1. Does the Fourth Amendment standard for evaluating unreasonable force claims established in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) or the Fourteenth Amendment standard for evaluation of actions of law enforcement announced in County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833 (1998) apply when law enforcement shoots, but misses the intended target and an unknown occupant of the residence? 2. Did the Sixth Circuit depart from this Court’s precedents in Brower v. County of Inyo, 489 U.S. 593 (1989), California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 (1991), Brendlin v. California, 551 U.S. 249 (2007) and Torres v. Madrid, 141 8. Ct. 989 (2021) by denying qualified immunity to Petitioner and concluding that the respondents were seized when Petitioner fired shots at Mark Campbell in his doorway but missed, and Sherrie Campbell then stayed in the home while Mark Campbell exited the home through both the front and back doors and ignored the deputies’ commands? 3. If the Fourth Amendment standard applies in this case, did the Sixth Circuit properly ii apply this Court’s decision in Graham in concluding that Petitioner was not entitled to qualified immunity when he fired shots in self-defense and not to apprehend a suspect? 4. May precedent other than precedent of this Court be used in determining whether the law is clearly established and did the Sixth Circuit err in determining that it was clearly established that, under respondents’ version of the facts, respondents had been seized and petitioner used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-30
2023-05-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 30, 2023.
2023-05-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 31, 2023 to June 30, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-05-01
Response Requested. (Due May 31, 2023)
2023-04-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent Mark Campbell, et ux. to respond filed.
2023-03-02
2022-12-16
Application (22A531) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until March 2, 2023.
2022-12-13
Application (22A531) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2022 to March 2, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

James Douglas Fox
Robyn Beale WilliamsFarrar & Bates, LLP, Petitioner
Robyn Beale WilliamsFarrar & Bates, LLP, Petitioner
Mark Campbell, et ux.
John Howard MorrisNashville Vanguard Law, PLLC, Respondent
John Howard MorrisNashville Vanguard Law, PLLC, Respondent