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Derrick Duane Barker v. City of Weatherford, Oklahoma, ex rel. Weatherford Police Department, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-6069 · judgment April 2, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a petition under 3,000 words.
Questions presented
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Whether a court may grant summary judgment based on qualified immunity by rejecting the plaintiff ’s account based on the court’s own interpretation of video evidence and thereby resolving disputed facts in favor of officers contrary to Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650 (2014).
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Whether a constitutional violation is “clearly established” only when existing precedent squarely governs the specific facts at issue, or whether general Fourth Amendment principles can clearly establish that significant force during a minor encounter is unlawful, even absent a case involving materially identical facts.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Aimee Lynn Majoue
Majoue Legal Services, LLC
For respondent
Stephen Leon Geries
Collins, Zorn & Wagner, P.C.
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, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent City of Weatherford ex rel. Weatherford Police Department, et al. to respond filed.
- Jun 25 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 3, 2026)