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Alexsey Predybaylo v. Sacramento County, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-15972 · judgment August 10, 2023

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Is an officer's intentional use of substantial and aggressive force against a pre-trial detainee in response to mere passive resistance to a strip search an example of a "rare obvious case, where the unlawfulness of the officer's conduct is sufficiently clear even though existing precedent does not address similar circumstances" precluding qualified immunity?

  2. Is a municipality liable for an injury caused by its official policy that allows the use of substantial and aggressive force against a pre-trial detainee for mere passive resistance to a strip search?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick Henry Dwyer
Patrick H. Dwyer, Attorney at Law

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 18 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Apr 23 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2024)
    Petition