No. 25-1175

Archie Williams v. City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-13
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights-section-1983 due-process fourteenth-amendment pretrial-identification qualified-immunity suggestiveness
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

For the purposes of determining "clearly established" law under the qualified immunity analysis, does a Fourteenth Amendment claim alleging deprivations of due process arising out of the suggestiveness of a pretrial identification procedure require the same analysis as Fourth Amendment claims alleging unreasonable searches and seizures?

In a section 1983 action brought by a plaintiff whose identification was accomplished by showing a rape and attempted murder victim three successive "six pack" photographic arrays—each of which depicted the plaintiff—was the district court correct in granting summary judgment in Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment claim challenging the suggestiveness of the identification procedure?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a Fourteenth Amendment due process claim challenging the suggestiveness of a pretrial identification procedure requires the same qualified immunity analysis as Fourth Amendment unreasonable search and seizure claims

Docket Entries

2026-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 13, 2026)

Attorneys

Archie Williams
Brian Thomas DunnThe Cochran Firm, Petitioner