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Ifrah Yassin v. Heather Weyker

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-3299 · judgment July 14, 2022


Certiorari denied · February 21, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Whether state and local police officers are immune from suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 whenever they are federally cross-deputized as members of joint statefederal task forces.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick Michael Jaicomo
Institute for Justice

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
22A203

Proceedings

  1. Feb 21 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 25 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  3. Jan 09 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Dec 15 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Amanda Knox filed.
  5. Dec 07 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2023)
  6. Sep 06 2022
    Application (22A203) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 9, 2022.
  7. Aug 31 2022
    Application (22A203) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 12, 2022 to December 9, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.