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Randy Smith, Sheriff, et al. v. Jerry Rogers, Jr.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-30352 · judgment August 9, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a state or local-government petitioner, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Questions presented
Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine of federal constitutional law that grants government officials performing discretionary functions immunity from lawsuits unless the official violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. 42 U.S.C. § 1983; see also Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 102 S. Ct. 2727, 73 L. Ed. 2d 396, 1982 U.S. LEXIS 139, *1. The questions presented are:
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What does it mean for a statutory or constitutional right to be “clearly established,” beyond debate for purposes of § 1983 qualified immunity?
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When can a government official be held liable for effectuating an arrest made under authority of a properly issued warrant?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Chadwick William Collings
Milling Benson Woodward, L.L.P.
For respondent
William Brock Most
Most & Associates
Proceedings
- Dec 11 2023Petition DENIED.
- Nov 22 2023Application (23A417) denied by Justice Alito.
- Nov 21 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 17 2023Waiver of right of respondent Jerry Rogers, Jr. to respond filed.
- Nov 07 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2023)
- Nov 07 2023Application (23A417) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.