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Masika Brown Ray v. Anthony Boone, Chief, Longview Police Department, Texas, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-40169 · judgment October 2, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Constitutional Violations of Due Process and Equal Protection^ Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the district court's dismissal, where substantial constitutional violations under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments were alleged, including wrongful detention based on falsified evidence, denial of a fair hearing, and discriminatory treatment through selective enforcement and disparate treatment?

  2. Eighth and Fourth Amendment Claims: Does the continued denial of bail, absent substantial evidence and without consideration of the petitioner's minimal flight risk, constitute excessive bail contrary to the Eighth Amendment? Furthermore, considering the documented Ring video evidence of police brutality and use of excessive force, do these actions violate the Fourth Amendment, thereby necessitating this Court's intervention to clarify and enforce standards of police accountability, and to ensure fair treatment of citizens subjected to government misconduct?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Masika Brown Ray

For respondent
Darren Keith Coleman
Boon, Calk, Echols, Coleman & Goolsby, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jun 18 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Gregg County, Texas and Sheriff Maxey Cerliano to respond filed.
  4. Jun 10 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Chief Anthony Boone, City of Longview, Texas, Officer Leslie Sheridan, Officer Kyle Tucker, and Sergeant Luke Altman to respond filed.
  5. Dec 13 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)