No. 23-896

Sean Garnand, et al. v. Greg Moore, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitation legal-question qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment FirstAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a Circuit Court of Appeals avoid deciding purely legal qualified immunity questions over which it has interlocutory appellate jurisdiction?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Can a Circuit Court of Appeals simply elect not to decide purely legal qualified immunity questions over which it has interlocutory appellate jurisdiction? Can a Circuit Court of Appeals invent a jurisdictional limitation to avoid deciding purely legal qualified immunity questions over which it has interlocutory appellate jurisdiction? In an interlocutory qualified immunity appeal, can a Circuit Court of Appeals manufacture a claim that is not pled in the Complaint and then, solely based on that manufactured claim, deny qualified immunity for a legally distinct claim that is in the Complaint?

Docket Entries

2024-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2024-02-28
Waiver of right of respondent Greg Moore, et al. to respond filed.
2024-02-16

Attorneys

Greg Moore, et al.
Lawrence Jay WulkanZwillinger Wulkan, Respondent
Lawrence Jay WulkanZwillinger Wulkan, Respondent
Sean Garnand, et al.
Dennis Patrick McLaughlinCity of Tucson Attorney's Office, Petitioner
Dennis Patrick McLaughlinCity of Tucson Attorney's Office, Petitioner