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Sergeant Gary Hedger, et al. v. Ronald Graves

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-2296 · judgment April 17, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the Sixth Circuit misapply or disregard this Court’s precedent by holding that a law enforcement officer violates the Fourth Amendment and clearly established law by responding to perceived deadly force when arresting a violent, homicidal suspect who threatened officers with what appeared to be a weapon, consistent with the suspect’s admitted intention of putting the officers in fear? Did the Sixth Circuit improperly deny qualified immunity where an officer momentarily applies a taser in order to approach a noncompliant, violent, homicidal suspect who has been shot but has not been secured in order to disarm him?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marcelyn A. Stepanski
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler, P.C.

For respondent
Allison M. Zieve
Public Citizen Litigation Group

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 7 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
  3. May 18 2021
    Rescheduled.
  4. May 17 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
  5. May 11 2021
    Rescheduled.
  6. May 10 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  7. Apr 29 2021
    Rescheduled.
  8. Apr 26 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  9. Apr 21 2021
    Rescheduled.
  10. Apr 19 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
  11. Apr 15 2021
    Rescheduled.
  12. Mar 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  13. Mar 10 2021
    Brief of respondent Ronald Graves in opposition filed.
  14. Jan 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 10, 2021.
  15. Jan 22 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 8, 2021 to March 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  16. Jan 08 2021
    Response Requested. (Due February 8, 2021)
  17. Dec 16 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  18. Oct 19 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2020)