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Willie McCall, as Administrator of the Estate of Sandy Jamel McCall v. Samuel Morant, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-1923 · judgment February 6, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 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.

Question presented

I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT THE DETAINMENT AND SEIZURE OF MCCALL BY MORANT WAS NOT A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION? 2. WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT VIOLATED THE MANDATES OF TOLAN VS. COTTON BY IMPROPERLY MAKING A FACTUAL DETERMINATION REGARDING THE REASONABLENESS OF THE FORCE USED IN THE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ANALYSIS?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Harvestus Locus Jr.
Locus & Associates

For respondent
Bradley O. Wood
Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. May 30 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Samuel Morant, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 03 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2018)