cross-deputization

2 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-760 Hamdi A. Mohamud v. Heather Weyker, St. Paul Police Officer Eighth Circuit 2025-12-29 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived bivens-action cross-deputization fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 state-action state-action-doctrine 1. Whether a local police officer wielding both state and federal authority can act under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. 1983. 2. If no…
22-6259 Eric Bruce Fowler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-arrest cross-deputization due-process federal-approval indian-law indian-reservation jurisdiction law-enforcement state-jurisdiction territorial-sovereignty A state trooper stopped, detained, and searched Eric Fowler, an Indian within the boundaries of his reservation. Did the state trooper have jurisdicti…