No. 25-297

Jacob P. Zorn v. Shela M. Linton

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-15
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10)
Tags: civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity specificity
Latest Conference: 2026-03-20 (distributed 10 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Second Circuit's qualified immunity analysis conflicts with this Court's repeated instruction that courts must define rights with specificity and look for close factual analogues in determining whether a Fourth Amendment right is clearly established.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Circuit's qualified immunity analysis conflicts with this Court's repeated instruction that courts must define rights with specificity and look for close factual analogues in determining whether a Fourth Amendment right is clearly established

Docket Entries

2026-03-23
Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion) Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting. (Detached Opinion)
2026-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
2026-03-02
Electronic record received from the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.
2026-03-02
Electronic record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
2026-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
2026-02-27
Record Requested.
2026-02-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2026-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-14
Reply of petitioner Jacob P. Zorn filed. (Distributed)
2025-11-14
Reply of Jacob P. Zorn submitted.
2025-11-03
Brief of respondent Shela M. Linton in opposition filed.
2025-11-03
Brief of Shela M. Linton in opposition submitted.
2025-10-02
Response Requested. (Due November 3, 2025)
2025-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent Shela M. Linton to respond filed.
2025-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Jacob P. Zorn
Jonathan Todd RoseOffice of the Vermont Attorney General, Petitioner
Shela M. Linton
Eliza H. van LennepLangrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP, Respondent
Keegan James StephanBeldock Levine & Hoffman, LLP, Respondent