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Billy Duane Card Fleshner v. Matthew Tiedt, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 19-2091 · judgment April 10, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

The following questions are presented by the petitioner-

  1. Can Peace Officers use excessive force when the force is objectively unreasonable and it violates well established case law and department policies?

  2. Can the District Court contradict evidence recorded on video in its statement of facts?

  3. Can the district court err by not being impartial and unbiased?

  4. Are federal judges helping to make police unaccountable for their actions?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Billy Duane Card Fleshner

For respondent
John Robert Lundquist
Iowa Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 03 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Dan Schaefer and James E. Dickinson to respond filed.
  4. Jul 07 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)