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Pamela Quinlan v. Joseph P. Lopinto, III, Sheriff, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-30490 · judgment January 9, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 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.

Question presented

Whether the United States Fifth Circuit cases of Guerra v. Castillo, 22-40196 (5th Cir. Sep 7, 2023) and Wallace v. Taylor, 22-20342 (5th Cir. Apr 24, 2023), which stand for the proposition that qualified immunity requires dismissal of a malicious prosecution claim in which the alleged misconduct occurred prior to the Supreme Court’s decision of Thompson v. Clark, are contrary to the established jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court and should be abrogated by this Court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Claiborne Wood Brown
Claiborne W. Brown, LLC

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 14 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jun 22 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2024)