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Ziming Shen v. City of New York, New York, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 16-2780 · judgment February 9, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether, on a summary judgment motion and as a matter of law, a court may conclude that police officers did not use excessive force in violation of 42 U.S.C. §1983 when they rear-handcuffed a visibly injured, cooperating and non-threatening and non-violent suspect knowing they were causing him to experience significant pain but did not necessarily cause the suspect additional injury.

For petitioner
Amy Adelson
Law Offices of Amy Adelson LLC

For respondent
MacKenzie Fillow
Corporation Counsel's Office

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 01 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jun 13 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
May 15 2018
Waiver of right of respondents City of New York, et al. to respond filed.
May 03 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2018)