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Jacob Jones, et al. v. Wayne Duke Kalbaugh

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 18-6205 · judgment March 30, 2020


Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Tenth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

I. Did the Tenth Circuit improperly focus on the knowledge and intentions of the suspect, rather than the facts knowable to the officers, in reversing the district court’s grant of qualified immunity in an excessive force case? II. Did the Tenth Circuit analyze clearly established law at too high a level of generality by relying on general statements of Fourth Amendment excessive force principles rather than identifying a case where officers acting under similar circumstances were held to have violated the Fourth Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ambre Camille Gooch
Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C.

For respondent
Wayne Duke Kalbaugh

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 23 2021
    Reply of petitioners Jacob Jones, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Mar 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  4. Feb 24 2021
    Brief of respondent Wayne D. Kalbaugh in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 23 2020
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 28, 2021.
  6. Nov 30 2020
    Response Requested. (Due December 30, 2020)
  7. Nov 17 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  8. Sep 08 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 27, 2020.
  9. Aug 28 2020
    Response of Jacob Jones, et al. to motion not accepted for filing. (September 08, 2020)
  10. Aug 07 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2020 to October 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Jul 22 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)