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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: 10% cert probability (95% interval 6%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below, and an Eighth Circuit decision below.

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

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

Linked docket
22A203

Order
Order list, February 21, 2023 · Certiorari denied

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.
    Main Document
  4. Dec 15 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Amanda Knox filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  5. Dec 07 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2023)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  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.
    Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service