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