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Paul Anthony Valderas v. City of Lubbock, Texas, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-11023 · judgment May 21, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 4, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether an officer on the scene constrained by what he observes to use any force creates a reasonable inference that deadly force is excessive?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Anthony Dailey
Kingdom Litigators International Ltd.

For respondent
David Kerby
KERBY & WADE, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 09 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
  3. Sep 19 2019
    Brief of respondent Billy Mitchell in opposition filed.
  4. Aug 16 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2019)