No. 25-760

Hamdi A. Mohamud v. Heather Weyker, St. Paul Police Officer

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
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 JaicomoInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Anna Aleksandrovna BidwellInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Anthony Brian SandersInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Marie Leora MillerInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Katherine Brady NormanNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent