No. 22-6484
Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, et al.
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights discriminatory-intent discriminatory-policing driving-while-black equal-protection fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement racial-discrimination racial-profiling traffic-stop
Latest Conference:
2023-03-03
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish that the officer was motivated solely on the basis of race.
2. Whether evidence showing officers treated two Caucasian individuals more favorably in a traffic stop than several Black individuals in traffic stops is sufficient to generate a jury question on the officers' discriminatory intent and effect.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish that the officer was motivated solely on the basis of race
Docket Entries
2023-03-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
2023-01-18
Waiver of right of respondent Kyle Thies to respond filed.
2023-01-12
Waiver of right of respondents City of Des Moines; Dana Wingert, Clint Dee to respond filed.
2023-01-09
Motion (22M55) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
2022-12-14
MOTION (22M55) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-05
Motion (22M55) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2022-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)
Attorneys
City of Des Moines; Dana Wingert, Clint Dee
John Oscar Haraldson — City of Des Moines Legal Department, Respondent
Courtney Saunders
Gina Messamer — Parrish Law Firm, Petitioner
Kyle Thies
S. Luke Craven — Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Respondent