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David Sosa v. Martin County, Florida, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-12781 · judgment January 20, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Baker v. McCollan, 443 U.S. 137, 145 (1979), held that mistaken “detention pursuant to a valid warrant but in the face of repeated protests of innocence” violates the Constitution. The en banc Eleventh Circuit’s application of Baker to this case presents two questions for review.

  1. Does Baker’s right against overdetention require courts to apply a reasonable, totalityof-the-circumstances analysis, or does the case only protect against mistaken overdetention for longer than three days?

  2. Does Baker’s right against overdetention fall under the Fourth Amendment’s proscription against unreasonable searches and seizures, or the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of substantive due process?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Xiao Wang
University of Virginia School of Law

For respondent
Summer Marie Barranco
Purdy, Jolly & Giuffreda, Barranco & Jisa, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
22A893

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 12 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  3. Jul 10 2023
    Reply of petitioner David Sosa filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jun 23 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
  5. Jun 23 2023
    Brief amici curiae of David Sosa, et al. filed.
  6. Jun 23 2023
    Brief of respondents Martin County, Florida, et al. in opposition filed.
  7. May 22 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 23, 2023)
  8. May 16 2023
    Application (22A893) denied by Justice Thomas.
  9. May 12 2023
    Application (22A893) to extend further the time from May 22, 2023 to June 19, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
  10. Apr 12 2023
    Application (22A893) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 22, 2023.
  11. Apr 10 2023
    Application (22A893) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 20, 2023 to May 20, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.