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Shaniz West v. Doug Winfield, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-35300 · judgment July 25, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 15, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 17% cert probability (95% interval 11%–25%)

Before the decision, about 4.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Whether an officer who has consent to “get inside” a house but instead destroys it from the outside is entitled to qualified immunity in the absence of precisely factually on-point caselaw.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert James McNamara
Institute for Justice

For respondent
Richard A. Simpson
Wiley Rein, LLP

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 6 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
19A565

Order
Order list, June 15, 2020 · Certiorari denied

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. Apr 20 2020
    Rescheduled.
  9. Apr 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
  10. Mar 31 2020
    Reply of petitioner Shaniz West filed.
  11. Mar 20 2020
    Brief of Doug Winfield, et al. in opposition not accepted for filing. (March 23, 2020)
  12. Mar 20 2020
    Brief of respondents Doug Winfield, et al. in opposition filed.
  13. Feb 20 2020
    Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
  14. Feb 20 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed.
  15. Feb 20 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
  16. Feb 07 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 23, 2020.
  17. Feb 05 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2020 to March 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  18. Jan 16 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2020)
  19. Nov 19 2019
    Application (19A565) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 1, 2020.
  20. Nov 14 2019
    Application (19A565) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to February 1, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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