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Davdrin Goffin v. Robbie K. Ashcraft, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-1430 · judgment October 15, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Tennessee v. Garner announced the rule that it is unconstitutional for police officers to use deadly force to apprehend a fleeing suspect who does not appear to be armed or otherwise dangerous. 471 U.S. 1, 11 (1985). The question presented is: Is an officer entitled to qualified immunity if she shoots a fleeing suspect in the back without warning after watching another officer search the suspect for weapons and the search turned up nothing, and thus the officer had no probable cause to that believe the suspect was armed?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Scott Harawa
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
For respondent
Timothy Towery Coates
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Aug 25 2021Reply of petitioner Davdrin Goffin filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 28 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 12 2021Brief of respondent Robbie Ashcraft in opposition filed.
- Jun 01 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 12, 2021.
- May 28 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2021 to July 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 12 2021Response Requested. (Due June 11, 2021)
- May 11 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
- Apr 26 2021Brief amici curiae of DC Justice Lab, et al. filed.
- Apr 06 2021Waiver of right of respondent Robbie Ashcraft to respond filed.
- Mar 15 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2021)