No. 18-511
Austin Gates v. Hassan Khokhar, et al.
Tags: arrest-standard civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech probable-cause qualified-immunity standing state-law supreme-court
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a court, in determining whether arguable
probable cause exists to arrest for a state-law
crime, must consider any narrowing decisions by
the state supreme court.
2. Whether a showing of arguable probable cause
under the Fourth Amendment bars a First
Amendment claim when the alleged crime involves
pure First Amendment activity.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court, in determining whether arguable probable cause exists to arrest for a state-law crime, must consider any narrowing decisions by the state supreme court
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-19
Brief of respondents Hassan Khokhar, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
Attorneys
Austin Gates
Gerald R. Weber — Petitioner
Hassan Khokhar, et al.
Bruce Perrin Brown — Bruce P. Brown Law, LLC, Respondent