No. 18-1326

Justin Shultz, et al. v. Jason Cole

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process first-amendment individual-assessment law-enforcement legal-standard police-conduct qualified-immunity retaliation summary-judgment
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. When multiple police officers seek qualified immunity on a summary judgment motion, should their entitlement to qualified immunity be evaluated individually or collectively?

2. Did the court below act contrary to this Court's precedents by relying on a single inapposite precedent—its own—in determining that it was clearly established that business owners have a right to be free from retaliation directed toward their business by police officers after the owner complained to those police officers regarding their conduct?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When multiple police officers seek qualified immunity on a summary judgment motion, their entitlement to qualified immunity should be evaluated individually, not collectively

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent Jason Cole to respond filed.
2019-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Jason Cole
Richard J. CromerLeech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Respondent
Justin Shultz
Bernard Paul Matthews Jr.Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C., Petitioner
Terry Childs
Christopher Peter GerberSiana, Bellwoar and McAndrew, LLP, Petitioner