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John R. Zimmerman v. Thomas W. Corbett, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3384 · judgment October 16, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 11, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Two questions presented:

Should the circuit courts be permitted to continue to apply “probable cause” standards that differ from each other and that deviate from the “probable cause” standard espoused by the Court in Beck v. State of Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 91 (1964)?
Does an officer have “probable cause” to arrest, or just “reasonable suspicion,” when the officer possesses evidence indicating that a person is one of a number of persons who had the opportunity to commit a crime but no evidence indicating that the particular person (as opposed to the other persons) committed the crime?

For petitioner
Devon Myles Jacob
Jacob Litigation, Inc.

For respondent
Joshua Michael Autry

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jun 11 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 22 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
May 04 2018
Brief of respondents Thomas Corbett, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 02 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 4, 2018
Mar 29 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2018 to May 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 16 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2018)