No. 18-623

Katrina Walker v. Carl Weatherspoon, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates informant informant-tip probable-cause qualified-immunity search-warrant section-1983 seventh-circuit
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

May a police officer, who secures a search warrant on the uncorroborated tip of a first-time informant by withholding from the issuing judge facts that contradict the informant's statements, avoid liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for searching the home of a blameless and innocent person because, in the words of the Seventh Circuit in this case, the police are not responsible for "the sorting of truth from fiction?"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a police officer, who secures a search warrant on the uncorroborated tip of a first-time informant by withholding from the issuing judge facts that contradict the informant's statements, avoid liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for searching the home of a blameless and innocent person because, in the words of the Seventh Circuit in this case, the police are not responsible for the sorting of truth from fiction?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-27
Waiver of right of respondents Carl Weatherspoon, et al. to respond filed.
2018-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2018)

Attorneys

Carl Weatherspoon, et al.
Benna Ruth SolomonCorporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Respondent
Katrina Walker
Kenneth N. FlaxmanKenneth N Flaxman P.C., Petitioner