No. 18-746

County of Los Angeles, California, et al. v. Angel Mendez, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment causation circuit-review civil-rights clearly-erroneous fourth-amendment intervening-event proximate-causation proximate-cause reasonable-force remand search-warrant section-1983 standard-of-review use-of-force warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit disregarded this Court's clear directives on remand and whether, in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, a plaintiff's injuries resulting from a police officer's use of force may be proximately caused by the officer's failure to secure a search warrant?

2. Whether, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, conduct giving rise to an officer's reasonable use of force is an intervening, superseding event which breaks the chain of causation for damages stemming from the officer's failure to secure a warrant?

3. Whether a federal Court of Appeals may reverse a district court's determination under Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that an officer did not breach his duty of care to use reasonable force in a negligence action, without applying a clearly erroneous standard of review?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff's injuries resulting from a police officer's use of force may be proximately caused by the officer's failure to secure a search warrant

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-05
Reply of petitioners County of Los Angeles, et al. filed.
2019-01-24
Brief of respondents Angel Mendez, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-12-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 25, 2019.
2018-12-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 11, 2019 to January 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Angel Mendez, et al.
Leonard J. FeldmanPeterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, Respondent
County of Los Angeles, et al.
Melinda CantrallHurrell Cantrall LLP, Petitioner