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Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-13594 · judgment August 21, 2019


Certiorari denied · March 2, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Review whether my Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures was violated after I was falsely arrested, falsely imprisoned, without probable cause and deprived 120 days of my liberty without due process of law that my Fourteenth Amendment guarantees; so as to allows my false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to be proper based upon the Fourth Amend­ ment, Fourteenth Amendment and Favorable Ter­ mination in the criminal proceeding unsupported by a probable cause. I petitioner followed the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 8) (a)(2), to state a claim for relief, and my Second Amended Civil Right Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was granted by lower court for stating plausible enough claims to meet the general rule for relief upon my supported favora­ ble termination and the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment claims.

  2. Review whether my favorable termination in the criminal proceeding after I was falsely arrested and imprisoned and deprived 120 days unsupported by a probable cause, allows my Fourth Amend­ ment, and Fourteenth Amendment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to be proper, and also allow my Second Amended Complaint to be plausible enough to survive a motion to dismiss.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kenneth Fernandez Johnson Jr.

For respondent
Jeffrey Douglas Slanker
Sniffen and Spellman, PA

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 02 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
  3. Feb 06 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Sadie Darnell, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 18 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2020)