| 25A696 |
Samantha Lee-Ann Sealey v. Arturo Mancias, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-15 |
Application |
|
bodyworn-camera excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
Question not identified. |
| 25-660 |
Nicole Klum, Estate of Bobby Jo Klum, et al. v. City of Davenport, Iowa, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Pending |
|
constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment police-action second-amendment use-of-force |
The decision below contravenes the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms," and the Fourth Amendment prohibition "against unreasonable searches… |
| 25-637 |
Mark Hanneman, Minneapolis Police Officer, et al. v. Karen Wells, as Co-Trustee for the Next of Kin of Amir Rahkare Locke, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-03 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction deadly-force fourth-amendment no-knock-warrant qualified-immunity use-of-force |
1. When the Respondents' own factual allegations, the facts assumed by the courts, and the undisputedly authentic video footage, show the officer was … |
| 25-493 |
M. Patricia Cantu, et vir v. Austin Police Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act fourth-amendment law-enforcement mental-health reasonable-accommodations use-of-force |
1. Whether Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act is violated when law enforcement
officers fail to provide reasonable accommodations
to a su… |
| 25-472 |
Angelic Salgado, as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Jonathan Molina v. Kevin Smith |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Denied |
|
clearly-established-law excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting qualified-immunity use-of-force |
1. Second-volley rule. When an officer shoots a suspect once in the chest, steps back for cover to reload, six to eight seconds pass, and the suspect … |
| 25-186 |
Alejandro Estevis v. Ignacio Cantu, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether Officers Ignacio Cantu and Eduardo Guajardo should be denied qualified immunity before trial for shooting six times at Alejandro Estevis while… |
| 25-179 |
Officer Phillip Reinink, in His Individual and Official Capacity v. Sean Hart, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
1. In the Fourth Amendment reasonableness of a seizure context, whether a law enforcement officer's intended level of force is relevant to determining… |
| 25A41 |
Mathew Grashorn v. Wendy Love, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights domestic-disturbance excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether a law enforcement officer is entitled to qualified immunity when responding to a domestic disturbance involving potential use of force against… |
| 24A1238 |
M. Patricia Cantu, et vir v. Austin Police Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
americans-with-disabilities-act discrimination law-enforcement mental-health-crisis reasonable-accommodation use-of-force |
Whether the use of force by law enforcement against individuals experiencing mental health crises violates the Americans with Disabilities Act's prote… |
| 24-1214 |
Jared Cosper, in His Individual Capacity, et al. v. Perla Enriquez Baca, as Personal Representative of Amelia Baca, Deceased |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-05-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
deadly-force edged-weapon excessive-force qualified-immunity tenth-circuit use-of-force |
Whether the Tenth Circuit may establish a bright-line rule for an officer's use of deadly force against a suspect armed with an edged weapon, and whet… |
| 24-1124 |
Christopher Thomas v. Tracy Pachote |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
fourth-amendment officer-assistance qualified-immunity split-second-decision supreme-court-precedent use-of-force |
Whether an officer can use force to assist another officer under the Fourth Amendment when making a split-second decision with incomplete information,… |
| 24-1099 |
Kyle Smith, et al. v. Rochelle Scott, Individually, and as Co-Special Administrator of the Estate of Roy Anthony Scott, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-22 |
Pending |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13) |
bodily-pressure fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity restraint use-of-force |
Viewing the facts from the officers' perspective at the time, did the officers act reasonably under the Fourth Amendment by using bodyweight pressure … |
| 24-1051 |
Michael Nissen v. Javier Ambler, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Javier Ambler, II, the Estate of Javier Ambler, II, and as Next Friend of J. R. A., minor child, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether a fact question on the 'deadliness' of force can impose a heightened deadly force standard that constrains the Fourth Amendment's objective te… |
| 24-1047 |
Ethel "Laverne" McVae, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Marcus McVae, Deceased, et al. v. Jesse Perez |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity totality-of-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether it is clearly established under the Fourth Amendment that a law enforcement officer may not use deadly force against an unarmed, fleeing perso… |
| 24-919 |
Mike Miller v. Dillon Rock |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-canine qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying qualified immunity to a police canine officer for the duration of a canine bite during an arrest of an arme… |
| 24A752 |
Kyle Smith, et al. v. Rochelle Scott, Individually, and as Co-Special Administrator of the Estate of Roy Anthony Scott, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied constitutional standards in reviewing a law enforcement use of force claim involving pote… |
| 24A735 |
Latrisha Winder, as Next Friend of J. W., a Minor and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen Wayne Winder, Deceased, et al. v. Joshua M. Gallardo, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
excessive-force fourth-amendment high-speed-pursuit qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
Whether a law enforcement officer's use of force during a high-speed pursuit constitutes an unreasonable seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment |
| 24-616 |
Officer Benjamin M. Bauer v. Ethan Daniel Marks |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
GVR |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
fourth-amendment law-enforcement medical-evacuation protest seizure use-of-force |
Whether the use of a less-lethal projectile during a violent protest to repel an attacker and protect officers and civilians constitutes a Fourth Amen… |
| 24-266 |
Calisia Kelley and Johnnie Mae Kelley, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Bruce Kelley, Jr. v. Brian O'Malley and Dominic Rivotti, in Their Individual Capacities as Police Officers for the Allegheny County Port Authority |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force factual-context graham-connor qualified-immunity tolan-cotton use-of-force |
Whether the Third Circuit improperly defined the factual context and eliminated the significant threat requirement in a deadly force case involving po… |
| 24-5416 |
Christopher Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-rights excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Ninth and Fourth Circuits apply different standards in evaluating qualified immunity for law enforcement officers' use of force claims |
| 24A166 |
Tidera Harris v. Gregory Harvey |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether a law enforcement officer can assert qualified immunity when using deadly force against an unarmed suspect who does not pose an immediate thre… |
| 24-5243 |
Ryan Taybron, Eric Nixon, and Geovanni Douglas v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c3a bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-statute delligatti-v-united-states omission omission-crime physical-force use-of-force |
Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… |
| 24-5056 |
Tyrone Stafford v. Arnold S. Zwicke, Executive Sheriff, Guadalupe County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement malicious-prosecution police-misconduct qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5036 |
Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights combat-speech constitutional-protections deadly-force deadly-physical-force excessive-force law-enforcement penal-law retreat-duty self-defense use-of-force |
Question not identified |
| 24-5040 |
Juan Alberto Ortiz-Orellana v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attempted use but can be committed by accidental means or by fa has as an element the use or threatened use of physical force bodily-injury crime-of-violence felony-murder force-clause mens-rea modified-categorical-approach physical-force premeditated-murder use-of-force |
Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by accidental means or by failing to take action, has as an elemen… |
| 24-15 |
Paulette Smith, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Albert Dorsey, Deceased v. Edward Agdeppa |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
|
clearly-established excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment use-of-force |
In a § 1983 action arising out of fatal police shooting involving disputed allegations of Fourth Amendment violations, did the Ninth Circuit err in gr… |
| 24-5013 |
Jonathan Feliz v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actus-reus bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea omission physical-force use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… |
| 23-1302 |
Kevin Hardaway v. Dwight Hamilton, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-rights eleventh-amendment-immunity monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services official-capacity section-1983 use-of-force |
Whether existing Eleventh Circuit precedent of Manders v. Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2003), holding that a Georgia sheriff is an 'arm of the state'… |
| 23-1257 |
Santos Argueta, et al. v. Derrick S. Jaradi |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights deadly-force factual-question qualified-immunity tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to shoot a fleeing suspect who might be holding a gun but exhibits no other signs of dangerousness |
| 23-7552 |
Jermeal White v. Ronald Erdos, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-rights court-of-appeals district-court due-process evidence-review legal-procedure scotus-review summary-judgment use-of-force |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err in reviewing the full facts of the videotape and the use of force report by the commi… |
| 23-7257 |
Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice premeditated-murder self-defense use-of-force witness-testimony |
Whether the jury used unreasonable facts to prove a premeditated design |
| 23A863 |
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-standard reasonableness-test traffic-stop use-of-force |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's narrow standard for evaluating the reasonableness of an officer's use of deadly force under the Fourth Amendment impermiss… |
| 23-825 |
Salvatore Delligatti v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law inaction statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… |
| 23-644 |
City of Charlotte, North Carolina, et al. v. Azucena Zamorano Aleman, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rubin Galindo Chavez |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement precedent qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in the process it used to find a 'clearly established' Fourth Amendment right |
| 23-611 |
Adrian Martinez v. Sean Jenneiahn, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process excessive-force police-misconduct qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether the Court should reverse or recalibrate the doctrine of qualified immunity |
| 23-442 |
Anthony Prescott v. K. Johnson, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-27 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 4th-amendment conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment food-contamination food-service fourth-amendment intentional-tort official-capacity-claim prisoner-rights public-entity use-of-force |
Does involuntary exposure to non-medical substances constitute unreasonable force? |
| 23-447 |
Jeremy Johnson v. Andre D. Boyd |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-precedent civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights fifth-circuit legal-standard qualified-immunity split-second-use-of-force use-of-force |
Whether circuit court precedent can clearly establish the law for the purpose of qualified immunity analysis, and, if so, under what circumstances can… |
| 23-410 |
Estate of Gabriel Strickland, et al. v. Nevada County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-rights deadly-force graham-factors graham-v-connor objective-reasonableness section-1983 totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether the reasonableness of an officer's use of deadly force should be evaluated solely upon the circumstances of the final moment or upon the 'tota… |
| 23-5640 |
Blake Taylor v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-2113(d) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) attempted-armed-bank-robbery attempted-bank-robbery attempted-crime bank-robbery criminal-law force-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether attempted bank robbery and attempted armed bank robbery are 'crimes of violence' |
| 23-5230 |
Steven Poppo v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
assistance-of-counsel attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-intent deadly-force due-process equal-protection fair-trial homicide self-defense use-of-force |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to a fair trial, due process, and assistance of counsel were violated |
| 23A61 |
Chris Dutra, et al. v. Kim Jackson |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity second-story-railing summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether qualified immunity protects law enforcement officers from liability for excessive force claims when officers use force to prevent a suspect fr… |
| 22-7760 |
Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force |
Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be commit… |
| 22-1151 |
City of Arlington, Texas v. De'On Crane, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arrest-warrant fourth-amendment municipal-liability qualified-immunity reasonable-officer-standard traffic-stop use-of-force whren-v-united-states |
Where a suspect with an outstanding felony arrest warrant refuses repeated commands to turn off his car and exit the vehicle, would a reasonable offic… |
| 22-1157 |
Craig Roper v. De'On Crane, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force excessive-force objective-reasonableness officer-safety police-conduct police-intervention qualified-immunity use-of-force vehicle-stop |
Whether an objective police officer could have believed it reasonable to shoot a person who had warrants for his arrest, had locked the doors and rais… |
| 22-7502 |
Anthony Gilbert-Brown v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment police-conduct seizure sentencing-guidelines standing supreme-court-review use-of-force |
Whether Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming Gilbert-Brown was seized |
| 22-1003 |
Mucio Ramirez v. Christopher Martin |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-standard graham-v-connor police-brutality police-misconduct qualified-immunity reasonable-force use-of-force |
Whether Petitioner's initial non-compliance followed by surrender permitted Respondent to reject the then-existing circumstances and slam Petitioner's… |
| 22-946 |
Martin Jay Manley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
borden categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility extreme-recklessness fourth-circuit mathis use-of-force vicar-statute violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) statute is divisible |
| 22-793 |
Paul Donald Davis, et al. v. Paul Waller, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights deadly-force due-process hostage law-enforcement non-suspect-seizure qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied the test for the constitutional use of deadly force set forth by this Court in Tennessee v. Garner |
| 22-563 |
Randall Greer, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher Greer, Deceased v. James Haman, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor jury-instruction law-enforcement probable-cause self-defense tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
Whether a jury should be instructed on the core principle that a law enforcement officer's use of deadly force in self-defense is not constitutionally… |
| 22-564 |
Juan Carlos Salazar v. Juan Rene Molina |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment circuit-split excessive-force graham-v-connor law-enforcement qualified-immunity reasonableness-of-force surrender-protocol use-of-force |
Whether a suspect's dangerous past flight, without more, authorizes officers to doubt the sincerity of a subsequent surrender |
| 22-223 |
County of Riverside, California, et al. v. Estate of Clemente Najera-Aguirre, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
9th-circuit clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deadly-force excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit particularized-consideration qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Did the Ninth Circuit's panel decision denying qualified immunity contravene this Court's mandate that courts should not hold officers to a standard o… |
| 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… |
| 21-8195 |
Arthur Lee Robinson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states criminal-sentencing firearm-discharge illinois-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation use-of-force violent-felony |
Whether the Illinois offense of aggravated discharge of a firearm qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act after Borden v. Un… |
| 21-1559 |
Sharon Powell, as Executrix of the Estate of William David Powell, et al. v. Jennifer Snook, as Executrix for the Estate of Patrick Snook |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process fair-notice fourth-amendment qualified-immunity totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
When the unconstitutionality of an officer's conduct is obvious, must the court, in addressing the 'clearly established law' prong of a qualified immu… |
| 21-8115 |
Latoya Nicole Carter v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2022-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-entry law-enforcement search-and-seizure trespass unlawful-arrest use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Amendment forbids a law enforcement officer from trespassing into a resident's home by shoving his foot into the doorway through th… |
| 21-1422 |
Brett Ferris v. Chrystal Scism, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Scism |
Second Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment lethal-force police-procedure qualified-immunity self-defense standing use-of-force |
Does the doctrine of qualified immunity shield a police officer from suit |
| 21-1204 |
City of Chico, California, et al. v. Estate of Tyler S. Rushing, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-03 |
Denied |
|
arrest-procedure civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Does the Fourth Amendment prevent law enforcement officers from deploying a Taser to safely arrest a suspect who violently attacked the officers but w… |
| 21-1125 |
Matthew Schantz v. Benny Deloach |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness police-pursuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment traffic-stop use-of-force |
Does the Fourth Amendment allow police to use deadly force to prevent the escape of a joyriding motorcyclist? |
| 21-1128 |
John Turnure v. Latrent Redrick |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Dismissed |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process excessive-force qualified-immunity scott-v-harris sixth-circuit summary-judgment use-of-force |
Did the Sixth Circuit contravene Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007) by ignoring record admissions, videos, and photographs to credit to Redrick with… |
| 21-1013 |
Republic of Turkey v. Lusik Usoyan, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
burden-of-proof discretionary-function-rule foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act policy-analysis policy-prong presidential-protection presidential-security-detail state-visit-security use-of-force |
Whether the Discretionary Function Rule within the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies to claims based upon a presidential security detail's use … |
| 21-770 |
Shelby Hawkins v. Johnny Banks, III |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights eighth-circuit excessive-force fourth-amendment police-conduct probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-force use-of-force |
Whether the use of force was reasonable |
| 21-6278 |
Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attempted-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach clean-vehicle crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether an attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(8)(A) |
| 21-533 |
Brad Martin, Individually and as an Employee of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Carlos Castro |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
clearly-established-law fourth-amendment k9-deployment law-enforcement qualified-immunity reasonable-force totality-of-circumstances use-of-force violent-crime |
when-law-enforcement-officer-deploys-k9-to-restrain-fleeing-suspect |
| 21-5943 |
Brandon Ward v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability character-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel use-of-force witness-testimony |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) |
| 21-492 |
Edeline Julmisse Prosper, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Junior Prosper v. Anthony Martin |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights excessive-force scott-v-harris section-1983 summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton use-of-force video-evidence |
Whether courts must implement the traditional summary judgment requirement to consider all evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmovant when … |
| 21-423 |
Jason Cunningham, Individually and as Administrator ad Litem and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nancy Jane Lewellyn, Deceased v. Robert Paschal, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process excessive-force material-fact qualified-immunity summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton use-of-force |
Does the ruling in this case violate Rule 56 and Supreme Court precedent? |
| 20-8315 |
Joel Barcelona v. M. Escotto Rodriguez, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-gas due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement mental-health petitioner use-of-force |
Whether the respondents, M. Rodriguez, et al., used excessive force by using a deadly gas spray to deter petitioner, which violated petitioner's const… |
| 20-1668 |
City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, et al. v. Austin P. Bond, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Dominic F. Rollice, Deceased |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-06-01 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (4) |
deadly-force fourth-amendment intoxicated-individual officer-safety police-conduct qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
Whether use-of-force that is reasonable can nonetheless violate the Fourth-Amendment |
| 20-1609 |
David R. Seaton v. Blake Johnson, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights de-escalation electronic-evidence evidence-standards police-brutality pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation recent-rulings summary-judgment use-of-force |
Question not identified |
| 20-7984 |
Eddie Lamont Lipscomb v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
GVR |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split civil-rights due-process physical-contact physical-force robbery texas-penal-code use-of-force violent-felony |
Whether Texas simple robbery remains a violent felony |
| 20-7855 |
James Ayers v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-27 |
GVR |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the ACCA) 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of recklessnes… |
| 20-1471 |
Jonathan Lozada, Deputy Sheriff, in His Individual Capacity v. Dudley Teel, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Susan Teel |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-factors law-enforcement obvious-factual-clarity-rule qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Graham factors apply to a law enforcement officer's use of force during a call for service that does not involve commission of a crime |
| 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… |
| 20-7790 |
Rolando Villarreal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
GVR |
IFP |
assault-statute criminal-law force-against-person mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force violent-felony |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 20-7778 |
Gerald Scott v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-sentencing physical-force physical-inaction rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Does a crime of physical inaction, in which the inaction is deemed the cause of injury or death, have as an element the 'use of physical force against… |
| 20-7609 |
Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-31 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag… |
| 20-1362 |
Davdrin Goffin v. Robbie K. Ashcraft, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
Is an officer entitled to qualified immunity for shooting an unarmed fleeing suspect? |
| 20-7447 |
Elijah Hasan Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force use-of-force-clause |
Whether the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA'), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of reckl… |
| 20-7171 |
Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, aka Barney, aka Gordo v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent criminal-procedure district-court-ruling evidence evidence-exclusion federal-property intent motion-for-acquittal procedural-error self-defense use-of-force |
Whether the district court committed a procedural error in excluding evidence |
| 20-1006 |
City of Hayward, California, et al. v. Jessie Lee Jetmore Stoddard-Nunez |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-27 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity section-1983 seizure use-of-force |
Whether an accelerating fleeing driver's sudden turn deprives a threatened shooting officer of qualified-immunity |
| 20-997 |
Arlane James, et al. v. Noah Bartelt |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
civil-procedure civil-rights deadly-force johnson-v-jones law-enforcement officer-involved-shooting qualified-immunity self-defense summary-judgment third-circuit use-of-force |
Whether the Third Circuit's decision to exercise jurisdiction over an appeal of the District Court's denial of qualified immunity on a motion for summ… |
| 20-840 |
Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force |
Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed hand… |
| 20-6552 |
Ignacio Arreola-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-08 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 20-6541 |
Alejandro Pineda-Campuzano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 20-741 |
Tacara Anderson, on Behalf of Minor Child M. A. v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment bodily-injury civil-rights due-process excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Are federal courts required to afford qualified immunity to a law enforcement officer who released a K9 on a child causing serious bodily injury? |
| 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 |
| 20-578 |
Sergeant Gary Hedger, et al. v. Ronald Graves |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (7) |
deadly-force fourth-amendment homicidal-suspect law-enforcement perceived-threat qualified-immunity taser-deployment use-of-force violent-suspect |
Did the Sixth Circuit misapply or disregard this Court's precedent by holding that a law enforcement officer violates the Fourth Amendment and clearly… |
| 20-6130 |
Desmond Howard Greer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury? |
| 20-263 |
Nanette Blanchard-Daigle, Representative of the Estate of Lyle Blanchard v. Shane Geers, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fifth-circuit law-enforcement police-misconduct qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by overlooking precedent in determining whether an officer enjoys qualified immunity after applying deadly excessive f… |
| 20-202 |
Robert Massie v. Basilea Mena |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights clearly-established-law detention excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether Officer Massie's actions constituted excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment |
| 20-5434 |
Treshun Devonte Bates v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-20 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
borden-case borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines supreme-court use-of-force |
Whether reckless conduct can constitute a 'crime of violence' under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines |
| 20-183 |
Billy D. Stair, III v. Charles Jackson |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
|
excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement plumhoff-v-rickard qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
Did the Eighth Circuit depart from this Court's decisions in Graham v. Connor and Plumhoff v. Rickard in denying qualified immunity to petitioner base… |
| 19-8613 |
Abdul Shabazz Wiggins v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2020-06-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
anderson-v-creighton civil-rights due-process graham-v-connor hope-v-pelzer hudson-v-mcmillian qualified-immunity strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent use-of-force |
Whether the General District and Circuit Courts of Suffolk ignored the defendant's right to Qualified-Immunity |
| 19-8466 |
Branch William Niehouse v. Brigitte Amsberry |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law evidence force legal-sufficiency lost-and-found property-rights robbery robbery-evidence speculative-testimony trespass trespassing use-of-force |
Whether the evidence of robbery was legally sufficient when the only evidence of threatened use of force was speculation about sunglasses that may hav… |
| 19-1266 |
H. B., a Minor, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Michelle Lee Shirley, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Ronnie Shirley v. City of Torrance, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness police-conduct qualified-immunity scott-v-harris summary-judgment use-of-force |
In a 42 USC § 1983 action where videos capturing the claimed use of excessive force are open to multiple interpretations as to whether the use of leth… |
| 19-1099 |
City of Bakersfield, California, et al. v. Leslie Laray Crawford |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment mental-illness negligence objective-reasonableness police-procedure prior-knowledge reasonable-officer use-of-force |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when it held that evidence of prior incidents which indicate that an individual may be mentally ill could be introduced for … |
| 19-1067 |
Neal N. Browder, et al. v. S. R. Nehad, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force due-process emergency-response fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct police-shooting qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying qualified immunity to a police officer who responded to a midnight emergency call about a suspect threatening oth… |
| 19-7790 |
Brenda Mason, Individually and on Behalf of Quamaine Dwayne Mason, et vir v. Martin Faul |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (6)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fifth-circuit objective-reasonableness police-misconduct qualified-immunity standing use-of-force |
Whether a finding of 'objectively unreasonable excessive force' can be squared with a finding of qualified immunity |
| 19-7732 |
Jerad Hanks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-7637 |
Pedro Anthony Romero Cruz v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
which can be committed through mere omission 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-statute omission-liability statutory-interpretation use-of-force virginia-law |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of a 'crime of violence,' under which an offense must have 'as an element the use, attempted use, or thr… |
| 19-889 |
Kaufman County, Texas, et al. v. Eunice J. Winzer, Individually and on Behalf of the Statutory Beneficiaries of Gabriel A. Winzer, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity summary-judgment use-of-force |
Did the Fifth Circuit panel majority err in reversing Kaufman County's summary judgment after concluding Officer Hinds did not violate clearly establi… |
| 19-7067 |
Michael Baird Jordan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 19-811 |
Christine Almas Rose, Individually and as Mother of Jessie Lee Rose, et al. v. City of Utica, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force free-speech mental-health-intervention police-procedure qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Did the Second Circuit commit legal error when it granted qualified immunity to the police officer |
| 19-7042 |
Christian Rosado v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-law guidelines judicial-interpretation judicial-opinions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-law state-law-offense statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a state-law offense qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for purposes of the career-offender enhancement of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines even … |
| 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… |
| 19-6908 |
Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 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 |
| 19-682 |
Melanie Kelsay v. Matt Ernst |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment non-compliance police-misconduct qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Are police officers entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law even if they use substantial force against non-threatening suspected misdemeanan… |
| 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 |
| 19-614 |
Cesar Vizcarra, et al. v. Monica Ortiz, Individually and as Co-Successor in Interest to Decedent Christian Pena, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby armed-suspect civil-rights excessive-force interlocutory-appeal johnson-v-jones law-enforcement mitchell-v-forsyth qualified-immunity summary-judgment taser use-of-force |
Whether qualified immunity bars liability for officers' use of force against an armed, combative suspect |
| 19-609 |
Erin J. Shepherd, et al. v. Angela Studdard |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity sixth-circuit summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether police officers are entitled to qualified immunity for shooting a knife-wielding suspect on open ground based on a case involving a shooting-t… |
| 19-466 |
Zachery Pittman v. Herman Harris |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
42-usc-1983 4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity scott-v-harris section-1983 summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in deviating from other circuit holdings and announcing that Scott v. Harris directs the lower courts to examine whet… |
| 19-6025 |
Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 19-345 |
Dorian Johnson v. City of Ferguson, Missouri, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment move-on-order police-encounter public-space reasonable-person-standard seizure totality-of-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether a person can be 'seized' when he is not confined to a particular space |
| 19-5777 |
Donielle Rashi Ross v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law domestic-violence legal-precedent mens-rea misdemeanor-crime physical-force recklessness recklessness-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation use-of-force voisine-v-united-states |
Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States extends beyond the definition of 'misdemeanor crime of violence' |
| 19-5763 |
Jose Lara-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law federal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 19-263 |
Cody Ross v. Johnnie Rochell, Jr. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment 8th-circuit assault-weapon civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-violation eighth-circuit excessive-force kisela-v-hughes law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Did the Eighth Circuit depart from this Court's decision in Kisela v. Hughes, __ U.S. _, 188 S. Ct. 1148 (2018) (per curiam) and numerous other cases … |
| 19-5605 |
Stephen Alan Macomber v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment state-action use-of-force |
Did the trial courts fail to give a specific use-of-force presumption, thereby lowering the burden of proof for the state and violating the defendant'… |
| 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? |
| 19-5410 |
Charles Borden, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Relisted (4)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act due-process mens-rea recklessness retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA'), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere rec… |
| 19-76 |
Martin Marquardt, Deputy Sheriff v. William Fletcher |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
|
circuit-precedent civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process excessive-force ninth-circuit pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the use of force by a correctional officer against a pretrial detainee was reasonable |
| 19-5070 |
Carlos Lamar Mitchell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 criminal-law criminal-statute demand-note intimidation physical-force physical-force-18-usc-924c3a sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force |
Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use...of physical force against the person or property of another,' under 18 U.S.C. § 9… |
| 18-1553 |
Cheri Marie Hanson, as Trustee for the Next of Kin of Andrew Derek Layton v. Daniel Best, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process excessive-force excited-delirium fourth-amendment police-practices police-restraint police-training positional-asphyxia qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Was the use of prolonged prone restraint with compressive force on an individual who was already handcuffed and hobble-tied a clearly established cons… |
| 18-9350 |
Russell Rafael Whitehead v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
assault-battery constitutional-review court-procedure criminal-law deadly-weapon ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge jury-instructions legal-standard standard-of-review use-of-force |
Can a fist be considered a deadly weapon in and of itself? |
| 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… |
| 18-1286 |
Brian D. Baur v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
castle-doctrine chain-of-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preservation ineffective-counsel law-of-the-case prosecutorial-misconduct reassignment sentencing standing use-of-force |
Whether the Law of the Case Doctrine is an issue in this case |
| 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… |
| 18-7882 |
Christopher M. Gates v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment handcuffs investigative-detention officer-safety reasonable-suspicion terry-stop use-of-force |
Whether use of handcuffs is permissible during a mere investigative detention, or 'Terry stop,' where there is a risk to officer safety |
| 18-825 |
Peggy Shumpert, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Antwun Shumpert, Sr., et al. v. City of Tupelo, Mississippi, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
canine-force civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process federal-appeals-conflict police-misconduct qualified-immunity state-created-danger use-of-force whether-the-court-of-appeals-erred-in-concluding-t whether-the-court-of-appeals-erred-in-finding-that |
Whether the state-created danger doctrine is clearly established law |
| 18-746 |
County of Los Angeles, California, et al. v. Angel Mendez, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
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42-usc-1983 4th-amendment causation circuit-review civil-rights clearly-erroneous fourth-amendment intervening-event proximate-causation proximate-cause reasonable-force remand search-warrant section-1983 standard-of-review use-of-force warrantless-search |
Whether a plaintiff's injuries resulting from a police officer's use of force may be proximately caused by the officer's failure to secure a search wa… |
| 18-695 |
Christopher Chung, et al. v. Gulstan E. Silva, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sheldon Paul Haleck, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-rights clearly-established-law community-caretaking due-process excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit qualified-immunity reasonableness use-of-force |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying the officers qualified immunity |
| 18-672 |
City of Newport Beach, California, et al. v. Richard Vos, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) |
ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act fourth-amendment law-enforcement mental-illness totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
Does Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act require law enforcement officers to provide accommodations to an armed, violent, and mentally ill… |
| 18-6612 |
James Pinkney v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bi armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach force illinois-robbery-statute statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony |
Whether the Illinois robbery statute categorically requires the use of force called for by this Court so as to qualify as a 'violent felony' under the… |
| 18-6369 |
Lashon Browning v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach certiorari circuit-split illinois-robbery statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony |
Does Illinois robbery categorically require the use of force and thereby qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act? |
| 18-6177 |
Tony Lipscomb v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
GVR |
Relisted (4)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split illinois-robbery stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony |
Does Illinois robbery categorically require the use of force and thereby qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act? |
| 18-6104 |
Wayne Thomas, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law federal-jurisdiction johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court supreme-court-review use-of-force violent-crime |
Does the Florida Robbery 812.13 meet use of force' as defined in Johnson -v. United States U.S. __ (2010)? |
| 18-323 |
Suzan Evans, Individually and as Wife and Next of Kin of Scott Evans, Deceased v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split constitutional-law excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor police-conduct reasonableness-standard tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor requi… |
| 18-5915 |
Michael Hill v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act attempt categorical-approach illinois intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step use-of-force violent-felony |
Whether attempt to commit a violent felony is itself a violent felony |
| 18-5890 |
Mark D. Whitfield v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe… |
| 18-236 |
Paul Weddle v. Alan Nutzman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity seizure standing use-of-force |
Whether there was clearly established precedent that the officers' use of force against Weddle, who had surrendered and posed no immediate threat, vio… |
| 18-110 |
Andrew Burningham, et al. v. John Morrison Raines, III, Guardian of the Estate of John Morrison Raines, IV |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
8th-circuit anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights clearly-established-law excessive-force fourth-amendment interlocutory-appeal johnson-v-jones mitchell-v-forsyth qualified-immunity summary-judgment use-of-force |
Whether qualified immunity should be denied where the underlying evidentiary fact is undisputed but different inferences may be drawn from it |
| 18-46 |
City of Middletown, Connecticut, et al. v. William McKinney |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
4th-amendment active-resistance civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-rights detainee-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity reasonable-officer use-of-force |
Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals improperly find a constitutional violation in failing to consider the reasonableness of the use of force from … |
| 18-5008 |
Autrey Canadate v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-robbery certificate-of-appealability curtis-johnson-v-united-states due-process elements-clause florida-criminal-law use-of-force violent-felony violent-force |
Whether the Florida offense of attempted armed robbery categorically requires the use of 'violent force' to qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Ar… |