No. 24-5247

Eric Cruz v. Officer Domingo Cervantez

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-rule brady-rule-of-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment evidence evidence-exclusion qualified-immunity safe-prison-act
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the U.S. District courts' failure to allow relevant evidence into trial proceedings violate the Brady Rule of Evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, and the Due Process Clause of the 5th and 14th Amendments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Oe (I) Did the U S District courts,failure te allow relevant evidence into trial proceeding viclate,Brady Rule of Evidence under aod, v Maryland 373 U.S.83 (see page four) : Bor Process Use iW Qwend. Also ight fo Nowe eomaul sory PYTOCESS . ; : {II) Did the District Courts abuse 4t's diseretion by submitting to the jury the question of objecttional reasonableness of Certanez an"objectively unreasonable" eleMent,into clearly established law prpag ef qualified immunity ane alysis2 Dgew Oth amend. & 14%" Amend: (111) Did Certanez action,violate Cruz's right to be free from harm het led,under the Eight Amendment of the United States Constitution. Did the action or the failure to act properly by Certanez violate Texas Safe Prison Act? : 8

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-05
Waiver of Officer Cervantez of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent Officer Cervantez to respond filed.
2024-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2024)
2024-05-14
Application (23A1005) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 20, 2024.
2024-05-01
Application (23A1005) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 22, 2024 to September 20, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Eric Cruz
Eric Cruz — Petitioner
Eric Cruz — Petitioner
Officer Cervantez
Matt Douglas MatznerCrenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP, Respondent
Matt Douglas MatznerCrenshaw, Dupree & Milam, LLP, Respondent