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Alejandro Martinez v. City of Rosenberg, Texas, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-20539 · judgment December 11, 2024
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Is an otherwise unreasonable use of excessive force permitted under the Fourth Amendment so long as it results in no, or only minor, injuries?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
Russell & Woofter LLC
For respondent
Jacob Charles Cohn
Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jun 23 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
- Jun 02 2025Reply of petitioner Alejandro Martinez filed. (Distributed)
- May 28 2025Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
- May 23 2025Brief of respondents Rosenberg, Texas, et al. in opposition filed.
- Mar 28 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 27, 2025.
- Mar 27 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2025 to May 27, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 26 2025Response Requested. (Due April 25, 2025)
- Mar 25 2025Letter to Clerk dated March 14, 2025 from counsel for petitioner received.
- Mar 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
- Mar 19 2025Brief amicus curiae of Texas Civil Rights Project filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 14 2025Waiver of right of respondent City of Rosenberg, Texas, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 21, 2025)