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County of Sacramento, California, et al. v. Kenard Thomas
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-16443 · judgment October 27, 2021
Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below.
Questions presented
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In deciding whether qualified immunity applies, the court is to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Is it appropriate, however, for a reviewing court to use that standard to limit the facts considered, and not consider all the facts, when determining whether qualified immunity applies?
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Is a peace officer entitled to qualified immunity under § 1983 where no binding authority at the time of the incident had clearly established a constitutional violation by any officers acting under similar factual circumstances?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carl L Fessenden
Porter Scott Attorneys
For respondent
Carter Capps White
UC Davis Civil Rights Clinic
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Order
Order list, April 25, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 25 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 07 2022Brief amicus curiae of National Police Association filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 06 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
- Apr 02 2022Waiver of right of respondent Kenard Thomas to respond filed.
- Mar 04 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 7, 2022)