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Cedrick Thomas v. Jeffrey Cozzi

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-11011 · judgment June 19, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 15, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether, in light of District of Columbia v. Wesby, 138 S. Ct. 577 (2018), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred by affirming the denial of probable cause concerning Detective Thomas?

  2. Whether, in light of District of Columbia v. Wesby, 138 S. Ct. 577 (2018), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred by affirming the denial of qualified immunity concerning Detective Thomas?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Morris Fliegel
City of Birmingham Office of the City Attorney

For respondent
David Gespass
Gesspass & Johnson

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 15 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 26 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
  3. Sep 21 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Cozzi to respond filed.
  4. Sep 17 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)