No. 25-362

James Griffiths, Individually and as Employee of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Rita Keith, Individually and as the Natural Parent of Arthur Keith and as Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Keith, Deceased

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-26
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2)
Tags: None
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a police officer must wait until an armed, fleeing suspect turns and points his gun at the officer before using deadly force where, as here, the suspect refuses to comply with an officer's commands to drop his weapon, and proceeds to flee with the gun in his hand and could, at any moment, turn and fire upon the officer in a split second.

2. Whether the court of appeals violated existing Supreme Court precedent by merely citing the general rule in defining a clearly established right, and by failing to identify any case where an officer acting under similar circumstances was held to have violated the Fourth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-02-02
Reply of James Griffiths submitted.
2026-02-02
Reply of petitioner James Griffiths filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-21
Brief of Rita Keith, Individually and as the Natural Parent of Arthur Keith and as Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Keith, Deceased in opposition submitted.
2026-01-21
Brief of respondent Rita Keith in opposition filed.
2025-12-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 22, 2025 to January 21, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-12-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 21, 2026.
2025-11-20
Response Requested. (Due December 22, 2025)
2025-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-10-27
Amicus brief of The National Fraternal Order Of Police submitted.
2025-10-27
Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order Of Police filed.
2025-10-27
Brief amicus curiae of National Fraternal Order of Police filed.
2025-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)

Attorneys

James Griffiths
Stephen William FunkRoetzel & Andress , L.P.A., Petitioner
Rita Keith, Individually and as the Natural Parent of Arthur Keith and as Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Keith, Deceased
Samuel Lydell StarksStarks Law Firm, Respondent
Samuel L. StarksThe Cochran Firm (Atlanta), Respondent
The National Fraternal Order Of Police
Larry H. JamesAmundsen Davis LLC, Amicus