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