No. 25-760
Hamdi A. Mohamud v. Heather Weyker, St. Paul Police Officer
Tags: bivens-action cross-deputization fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 state-action state-action-doctrine
Latest Conference:
2026-02-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a local police officer wielding both state and federal authority can act under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. 1983.
2. If not, whether a local police officer acting with federal authority is subject to a Bivens cause of action for Fourth Amendment violations she commits in the common and recurrent sphere of domestic law enforcement.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a local police officer wielding both state and federal authority can act under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. 1983
Docket Entries
2026-03-02
Petition DENIED.
2026-02-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-01-28
Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted.
2026-01-28
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
2026-01-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2026-01-16
Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
2026-01-16
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2025-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2026)
Attorneys
Cato Institute
Felicia H. Ellsworth — Amicus
Hamdi Mohamud
Patrick Michael Jaicomo — Institute for Justice, Petitioner
Anna Aleksandrovna Bidwell — Institute for Justice, Petitioner
Anthony Brian Sanders — Institute for Justice, Petitioner
Marie Leora Miller — Institute for Justice, Petitioner
New Civil Liberties Alliance
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent