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George Wingate v. Scott Fulford, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-1700 · judgment February 5, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Court should permit the qualified immunity defense to extend to a court-invented, hypothetical and demonstrably counter-factual justification for a law enforcement officer’s unconstitutional arrest, where the arresting officer concededly neither had nor ever articulated such justification at the time of the arrest or thereafter in court.
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Whether the Court should further limit the scope of its qualified immunity jurisprudence, which has been increasingly criticized for contributing to a culture of law enforcement that tolerates and facilitates police misconduct.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Victor Michael Glasberg
Victor M. Glasberg & Associates
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 07 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- May 18 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)