No. 23-447

Jeremy Johnson v. Andre D. Boyd

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: circuit-court-precedent civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights fifth-circuit legal-standard qualified-immunity split-second-use-of-force use-of-force
Key Terms:
DueProcess Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether circuit court precedent can clearly establish the law for the purpose of qualified immunity analysis, and, if so, under what circumstances can it do so

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether circuit court precedent can clearly establish the law for the purpose of qualified immunity analysis, and, if so, under what circumstances can it do so. II. Whether the Supreme Court should heed the concerns of multiple sitting Fifth Circuit judges and repair the uncertainty and confusion the Fifth Circuit has created through its conflicting and indeterminate precedents relating to split-second useof-force decisions.

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent Andre Boyd to respond filed.
2023-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2023)

Attorneys

Andre Boyd
Michael Dallas LiebermanFairmark Partners LLP, Respondent
Jeremy Johnson
Thomas Phillip BrandtFanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, PC, Petitioner