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Joshua Brennan v. James Dawson, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-2210 · judgment October 15, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 15, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 6%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether a police officer may reasonably rely on a narrow exception to a specific and clearly established right to shield him from civil liability when his conduct far exceeds the limits of that exception.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tillman J. Breckenridge
Stris & Maher LLP

For respondent
Marcelyn A. Stepanski
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 9 conferences

Related
Vide, 18-1078

Proceedings

  1. Jun 15 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
  3. Jun 01 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
  4. May 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
  5. May 18 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
  6. May 13 2020
    Rescheduled.
  7. Apr 28 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
  8. Jan 08 2020
    Rescheduled.
  9. Jan 06 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
  10. Dec 11 2019
    Rescheduled.
  11. Nov 26 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
  12. Oct 15 2019
    Rescheduled.
  13. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  14. Oct 01 2019
    Reply of petitioner Joshua Brennan filed.
  15. Sep 13 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 25, 2019.
  16. Sep 13 2019
    Brief of respondent Deputy James Dawson in opposition filed.
  17. Sep 11 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 26, 2019 to September 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  18. Sep 05 2019
    Motion of Deputy James Dawson, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (September 10, 2019)
  19. Jul 12 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 26, 2019.
  20. Jul 08 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 21, 2019 to July 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  21. May 22 2019
    Response Requested. (Due June 21, 2019)
  22. May 14 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
  23. Apr 19 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 24, 2019.
  24. Apr 17 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2019 to April 24, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  25. Mar 21 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 17, 2019.
  26. Mar 18 2019
    Motion of Deputy James Dawson, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (March 19, 2019 -- Corrected version submitted)
  27. Mar 18 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 18, 2019 to April 17, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  28. Feb 19 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 18, 2019.
  29. Feb 14 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 14, 2019 to March 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  30. Jan 11 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2019)