No. 22-6484

Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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 HaraldsonCity of Des Moines Legal Department, Respondent
Courtney Saunders
Gina MessamerParrish Law Firm, Petitioner
Kyle Thies
S. Luke CravenWhitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Respondent