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Evan Norman v. Deputy Lee Ingle, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-20431 · judgment August 15, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and a Fifth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
In Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995), this Court held that, in interlocutory appeals from denials of qualified immunity, appellate courts lack jurisdiction to decide “whether or not the pretrial record sets forth a ‘genuine’ issue of fact for trial.” Id. at 320. The lower courts have divided over whether, and to what extent, there is an exception to that rule in cases involving video evidence. The question presented is: In an interlocutory qualified immunity appeal involving video evidence, under what circumstances, if any, may an appellate court review a district court’s determination that there is a genuine dispute of fact?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
Russell & Woofter LLC
For respondent
Francis Joseph Ford
Harris County Attorney's Office
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
25A677
Order
Order list, June 15, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 15 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 19 2026Reply of petitioner Evan Norman filed.
- May 06 2026Brief of respondents Deputy Lee Ingle, et al. in opposition filed.
- Apr 06 2026Response Requested. (Due May 6, 2026)
- Mar 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 24 2026Waiver of right of respondent Deputy Lee Ingle to respond filed.
- Mar 23 2026Waiver of right of respondent Christopher J. Sutton to respond filed.
- Feb 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)
- Jan 05 2026Application (25A677) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 13, 2026.
- Dec 30 2025Application (25A677) to extend further the time from January 16, 2026 to February 13, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Dec 10 2025Application (25A677) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 16, 2026.
- Dec 05 2025Application (25A677) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2025 to January 16, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.