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Martin Rugamba v. CRST Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-2934 · judgment February 2, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 11, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the police retaliation against an individual who reports their misconducts to FBI/DOJ constitutes municipality custom or practice for the purpose of Monell, where subordinates cause cat’s paw effect with tacit acquiescence end result on municipality decision­ makers.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Martin Rugamba

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 11 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 14 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
  3. Apr 20 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2022)