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Percy Utley v. City of Houston, Texas, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-20623 · judgment June 17, 2022

Certiorari denied · November 14, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Fifth Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual application of the pleading standard as to require this Court’s correction.

  2. Whether the Fifth Circuit has created a new and unique requirement for civil rights plaintiffs to affirmatively prove a negative when the police merely claim the existence of probable cause, without more.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Randall Lee Kallinen
Kallinen Law PLLC

For respondent
William Craft Hughes
City of Houston Legal Department

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 14 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 31 2022
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Percy Utley filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  3. Oct 25 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
  4. Oct 21 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent City of Houston, Texas, et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  5. Oct 16 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service