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Amanda Wood v. City of San Antonio, Texas, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-50037 · judgment August 26, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Under Florida v. J.L. 529 U.S. 266 (2000), 911 callers must provide a modicum of factual details describing criminal conduct for Police to effect a lawful Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) “detention.” In 42 U.S.C. 1983 litigation, Discovery responses, Discovery answers, formal policies, and documents can concede issues of fact, law, and elements of claims. Most relevant; they are party statements and not hearsay.
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Whether a 911 call which did not describe criminal conduct, did not describe the actor, nor provide any address can give rise to a legal Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) “detention” and justify subsequent Police conduct?
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Whether a party’s repeated assertions that a city’s formal policies and training directed their conduct serve as Monell admissions of liability in the presence of Fourth Amendment violations?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andres Roberto Cano
Law Offices of Andres Cano
For respondent
Mark Kosanovich
Fitzpatrick & Kosanovich, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 27 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 03 2026Waiver of right of respondent City of San Antonio, Texas to respond filed.
- Mar 18 2026Waiver of right of respondents Jimmy Ortiz & Martha Martinez to respond filed.
- Dec 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2026)