private-individual
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-981 | Fidelis Agbapuruonwu v. NBC Subsidiary (WRC-TV), LLC, dba NBC4 Washington, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-25 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights defamation due-process federal-pleading-standards malice malice-standard media-defendant pleading-requirements private-individual qualified-privilege | Whether Twombly and Iqbal require heightened factual pleading of allegations of malice in a common law defamation complaint brought by a private indiv… |
| 18-5613 | Ladina Sykes v. Illinois | Illinois | 2018-08-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-law custody fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct private-individual search-and-seizure state-action state-actors | Whether on-duty police officers are state actors for Fourth Amendment purposes when they assist a private individual in searching a suspect in police … |