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Darrius Marcel Mastin v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-14241 · judgment August 26, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 24% cert probability (95% interval 16%–33%)

Before the decision, about 5.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692 (1981), authorizes police officers executing an arrest warrant to detain a bystander without individualized suspicion. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
  3. Dec 30 2020
    Reply of petitioner Darrius Mastin filed. (Distributed)
  4. Dec 28 2020
    Letter from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
  5. Dec 21 2020
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
  6. Nov 12 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 21, 2020.
  7. Nov 10 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2020 to December 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Oct 16 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)