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Donna Chisesi, Administratrix of the Estate of Jonathon Victor, Deceased v. Matthew Hunady, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-11700 · judgment April 16, 2024
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.
Questions presented
After a police officer fatally shot Jonathan Victor, Victor’s estate sued the officer and his supervisor, Sherriff Huey Mack, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The claim against Mack was based on his failure to train the officer on how to deal safely with injured people who show signs of an altered state of mind. The district court held that genuine factual issues precluded summary judgment for Mack on qualified-immunity grounds, but the Eleventh Circuit reversed. The questions presented are:
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Whether, on a defendant’s interlocutory appeal asserting qualified immunity, a court of appeals can decide whether any genuine factual disputes exist.
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Whether qualified immunity should be abrogated or restricted to its common-law origins. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey T. Green
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
For respondent
Fred Lee Clements Jr.
Webb McNeill Walker PC
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 24 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Dec 23 2024Reply of petitioner Donna Chisesi filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 09 2024Brief of respondents Matthew Hunady, et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 08 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2024)
- Oct 31 2024Application (24A311) denied by Justice Thomas.
- Oct 25 2024Application (24A311) to extend further the time from November 8, 2024 to December 3, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
- Oct 01 2024Application (24A311) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 8, 2024.
- Sep 27 2024Application (24A311) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 9, 2024 to November 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.