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Daniel Creger v. Andrew Tucker, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5045, 23-5047 · judgment January 11, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 3, 2024
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, in the context of evaluating a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim, state law citations showing that a rational juror could find that an officer lacked evidence as to one or more elements of the underlying state criminal charge(s) at issue is sufficient to establish a genuine issue of fact as to whether an officer lacked probable cause for the charge(s).

  2. Whether an “undisclosed inference” presented by a law enforcement officer in a warrant affidavit as if it were a fact observed can constitute a material misrepresentation for purposes of invalidating the warrant resulting from the affidavit.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kyle Fite Mothershead
Relentless Advocacy, PLLC

For respondent
Samantha Ashley Burnett
Howell & Fisher, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 03 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 14 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
  3. May 09 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Andrew Tucker, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Apr 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 15, 2024)