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David R. Seaton v. Blake Johnson, et al.

Paid petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 19-CV-85 · judgment March 3, 2021

Certiorari denied · June 28, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Should police brutality be constitutionally protected?

  2. Do regulations ordering police to de-escalate confrontations instill an affirmative duty for police to de-escalate confrontations?

  3. Does electronic evidence submitted by police override contradicting eye-witness accounts so dispositively so as to guarantee summary judgement as a matter of law for the government?

  4. Should We the People adjudicate the use of state violence or should that be left to experts?

  5. Should courts should continue to place their thumb on the scale in favor of the police over pro se litigants?

  6. Should courts be permitted to ignore recent rulings of this Court? (0

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David R. Seaton

For respondent
Loren L. AliKhan
D.C. Office of the Attorney General

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, June 28, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  3. Jun 02 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Blake Johnson, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 12 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2021)