No. 25-1015

Nicholas Robles, West Covina Police Officer, et al. v. Ronnie Parham

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-24
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: clearly-established-law evading-arrest fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity traffic-stop
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does probable cause exist to stop, search, arrest, and prosecute a criminal suspect for evading arrest where unrefuted video evidence and the suspect's own admissions demonstrate that he refused to yield to the traffic stop, subsequently briefly stopped, and then accelerated away again?

2. Where an appellate panel is not in agreement about whether an underlying constitutional violation has occurred, how can the panel subsequently conclude that the law is "clearly established" such that a law enforcement officer is not entitled to qualified immunity for the claimed constitutional violation?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether probable cause exists to stop, search, arrest, and prosecute a criminal suspect for evading arrest based on video evidence showing the suspect refused to yield to a traffic stop, briefly stopped, and then accelerated away, and whether qualified immunity can be denied when an appellate panel disagrees on whether an underlying constitutional violation occurred

Docket Entries

2026-02-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)

Attorneys

Nicholas Robles, et al.
Scott William DavenportJones Mayer, Petitioner