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Marta Sanchez, et al. v. Anthony Guzman, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 22-1322 · judgment June 28, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Tenth Circuit decision below, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether a civil rights plaintiff bears the burden of disproving the affirmative defense of qualified immunity for governmental defendants or whether governmental defendants bear the burden of proving their affirmative defense of qualified immunity?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Edward Barnes
Barnes law

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 11 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Oct 21 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2024)