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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
Before the decision, about 1.7× 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
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Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 13, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Oct 21 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2024)