No. 20-741

Tacara Anderson, on Behalf of Minor Child M. A. v. Officer Jonathan Vazquez

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 4th-amendment bodily-injury civil-rights due-process excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Are federal courts required to afford qualified immunity to a law enforcement officer who released a K9 on a child who weighed 75 pounds and was 4 feet 10 inches tall causing serious bodily injury because he may have been involved in a property crime and fled?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are federal courts required to afford qualified immunity to a law enforcement officer who released a K9 on a child causing serious bodily injury?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-24
Waiver of right of respondent Officer Jonathan Vazquez to respond filed.
Main Document
2020-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2020)
PetitionAppendixAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Officer Jonathan Vazquez
Joseph P. Patner — Executive Assistant City Attorney , Attorney for Defendant, Respondent
Tacara Anderson
Michael P. Maddux — Michael P. Maddux, PA, Petitioner