No. 23-1333

Sami Azmi, et al. v. John Sylvester Penny

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment undisputed-evidence video-evidence
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court's obligation to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff allow it to ignore undisputed clear video evidence that would require the court to draw inferences against the plaintiff's claim of excessive force and the unlawfulness of the defendants' conduct?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Inruling on a claim for qualified immunity raised ina motion for summary judgment, does a court’s obligation to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff allow that court to ignore undisputed clear video evidence which, if considered, would require the court to draw the inference that the force used by the defendants was not excessive, and the further inference that the unlawfulness of the defendants’ conduct was not clearly established? u PARTIES Petitioners Sami Azmy and Jonathan Concetti are both members of the Los Angeles Police Department. Each Petitioner was a defendant in the district court and an appellant in the Ninth Circuit Appeal from which this petition is taken. Respondent Jonathan Sylvester Penny was the plaintiff in the district court and the appellee in the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Sami Azmi, et al.
Scott William DavenportU. S. District Court, Petitioner
Scott William DavenportU. S. District Court, Petitioner