| 24-152 |
Michael Pina v. Estate of Jacob Dominguez |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
armed-robbery excessive-force fourth-amendment investigative-stop police-use-of-force qualified-immunity |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding a Fourth Amendment violation when police fatally shot a suspect who failed to comply with commands during a… |
| 23-1239 |
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (36)Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor moment-of-threat-doctrine police-use-of-force totality-of-the-circumstances |
Whether courts should apply the moment of the threat doctrine when evaluating an excessive-force claim under the Fourth-Amendment |
| 22-8 |
Anthony Momphard, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of the Macon County Sheriff's Department, et al. v. Melissa B. Knibbs, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Scott Knibbs |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-use-of-force qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that a reasonable officer in Deputy Momphard's position would not have perceived a danger that justified l… |
| 21-1540 |
Nita Gordon, Personal Representative of the Estate of Antonio Gordon v. Keith Bierenga |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation excessive-force fourth-amendment police-misconduct police-use-of-force precedent qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether qualified immunity protects government officials when no prior precedent exists recognizing the unconstitutionality of a fact pattern exactly … |
| 20-1461 |
Jairo Acosta, Police Officer for the City of Los Banos v. Tan Lam, as Successor-in-Interest to Decedent Sonny Lam, aka Son Tung Lam |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process evidence officer-credibility plain-error police-use-of-force ptsd ptsd-evidence qualified-immunity reasonable-officer threat-assessment use-of-force |
Is it plain error to admit evidence of a police officer's remote PTSD diagnosis to challenge the officer's credibility and prove he was more likely to… |
| 20-6573 |
Ellis Keyes v. Matt Wilson, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit civil-rights deadly-force due-process judicial-intervention municipal-liability order-to-show-cause police-restraint police-use-of-force qualified-immunity standing |
Whether the 11th Circuit erred in denying the motion for order to show cause why defendant police should not be restrained from using deadly force |
| 20-585 |
Greg Vasquez, et al. v. Maritza Amador, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Gilbert Flores and as Next Friend of Minor R. M. F., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-intervention police-use-of-force qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard suicide-by-cop use-of-force |
Reasonableness-of-force-under-4th-Amendment |
| 19-753 |
Michael Hunter, et al. v. Randy Cole, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
civil-rights clearly-established-law deadly-force deadly-weapon due-process dynamic-encounter excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity shooting-encounter use-of-force |
Whether police officers can use deadly force when a person armed with a firearm moves the weapon toward the officer, even if the officer has not shout… |
| 19-679 |
Amy Corbitt v. Michael Vickers |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force interlocutory-appeal law-enforcement pleading-requirement pleading-standards police-use-of-force qualified-immunity section-1983 use-of-force |
Whether qualified immunity is an affirmative defense or a pleading requirement |
| 19-657 |
Virgil Brewer v. Kristina Myers |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force graham-factors law-enforcement police-use-of-force qualified-immunity summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether there is a clearly established right not to be shot with a less than lethal beanbag projectile at close range |
| 19-222 |
Paul Anthony Valderas v. City of Lubbock, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct police-use-of-force qualified-immunity reasonable-force reasonable-inference use-of-force |
Whether an officer on the scene constrained by what he observes to use any force creates a reasonable inference that deadly force is excessive? |
| 18-9032 |
Michael Slager v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights credibility-of-witness criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony legal-standard officer-involved-shooting police-misconduct police-use-of-force second-degree-murder use-of-force voluntary-manslaughter |
Did the district court deny Petitioner's right to due process when it found that the underlying conduct at issue here—Officer Michael Slager's shootin… |
| 18-1287 |
Alexander L. Baxter v. Brad Bracey, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (11) |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force police-misconduct police-use-of-force qualified-immunity search-and-seizure seizure |
Whether the use of a police dog to apprehend a suspect who has surrendered by sitting on the ground with his hands up violates the Fourth Amendment |
| 18-1176 |
Eric Wenzel, et al. v. Carl Storm |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights dash-camera-evidence dash-camera-video excessive-force fourth-amendment lytle-v-bexar-county police-use-of-force qualified-immunity scott-v-harris seizure-intrusive seizure-standard summary-judgment unarmed-suspect |
Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Officer Storm was entitled to qualified immunity for the fatal shooting of Mr. Wenzel under the Fourth Amen… |
| 18-1128 |
Curtis Minchuk v. Craig Strand |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split deadly-force deadly-force-justification excessive-force fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity self-defense totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether evidence of a dangerous and violent suspect's sudden and unexpected gesture of surrender immediately and objectively terminates the deadly thr… |
| 18-684 |
Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased v. John Frenz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment arrest-procedure circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process eighth-amendment police-duty-of-care police-use-of-force qualified-immunity tenth-amendment |
Are there circumstances in which police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest, as the Eighth and Tenth Circui… |