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George Ponik, et al. v. Jamie Williams, Individually and as Administratrix ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Peter Lee Williams, Deceased, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 19-1159 · judgment August 24, 2020


Dismissed · September 13, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

  1. May a Court refuse to engage in the requisite two step qualified immunity analysis, based solely on a decision that the more general liability question of excessive force should be left to a jury because a reasonable jury could find the defendant officer’s action represented use of force that was not objectively reasonable under the circumstances? {00913708.DOCX v.1} i

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Louis Cappelli Jr.
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylo

For respondent
William Ludwig Mueller
Clemente Mueller, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Sep 13 2021
    Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
  2. Aug 06 2021
    Stipulation of dismissal under Rule 46 filed.
  3. May 10 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 21, 2021.
  4. May 06 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 21, 2021 to June 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  5. Apr 21 2021
    Response Requested. (Due May 21, 2021)
  6. Apr 14 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  7. Mar 29 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Estate of Peter Lee Williams, et al. to respond filed.
  8. Feb 22 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 29, 2021)