| 25A903 |
Nima Moradi v. Florida |
Florida |
2026-02-09 |
Application |
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deadly-force ineffective-assistance jury-instructions prejudice-prong self-defense strickland-standard |
Question not identified. |
| 25-859 |
Chelesy Eastep, as Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin of Landon Dwayne Eastep v. Steven Carrick, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard |
1. Whether or how police officers' own creation of, or contribution to, a dangerous situation prior to the use of deadly force factors into the Fourth… |
| 25-660 |
Nicole Klum, Estate of Bobby Jo Klum, et al. v. City of Davenport, Iowa, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Pending |
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constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment police-action second-amendment use-of-force |
The decision below contravenes the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms," and the Fourth Amendment prohibition "against unreasonable searches… |
| 25-637 |
Mark Hanneman, Minneapolis Police Officer, et al. v. Karen Wells, as Co-Trustee for the Next of Kin of Amir Rahkare Locke, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-03 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction deadly-force fourth-amendment no-knock-warrant qualified-immunity use-of-force |
1. When the Respondents' own factual allegations, the facts assumed by the courts, and the undisputedly authentic video footage, show the officer was … |
| 25-71 |
Matthew Farney, et al. v. Michael Rose, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Bradley Rose and on Behalf of all Statutory Beneficiaries of Bradley Rose, Deceased |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment police-encounter qualified-immunity summary-judgment |
1. This Court has never applied the obvious case exception to qualified immunity's second prong in the Fourth Amendment context. Although the Court ha… |
| 25A3 |
Milton Green v. Christopher Tanner, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-07-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity reasonable-officer second-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1214 |
Jared Cosper, in His Individual Capacity, et al. v. Perla Enriquez Baca, as Personal Representative of Amelia Baca, Deceased |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-05-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
deadly-force edged-weapon excessive-force qualified-immunity tenth-circuit use-of-force |
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit may establish a bright line rule for an officer's use of deadly force against a suspect armed with an edged weapon as in … |
| 24-1051 |
Michael Nissen v. Javier Ambler, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Javier Ambler, II, the Estate of Javier Ambler, II, and as Next Friend of J. R. A., minor child, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
After a crash filled 20-minute high-speed car chase—
caught on video by police helicopter—Javier Ambler II
died while resisting being handcuffed due … |
| 24-1047 |
Ethel "Laverne" McVae, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Marcus McVae, Deceased, et al. v. Jesse Perez |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity totality-of-circumstances use-of-force |
Nearly four decades ago, this Court drew a constitutional line: law enforcement may not use deadly force against an unarmed, fleeing suspect who poses… |
| 24-886 |
Christopher Schurr v. Peter Lyoya, Personal Representative for the Estate of Patrick Lyoya, Deceased |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
deadly-force law-enforcement pleading-stage qualified-immunity summary-judgment video-evidence |
1. Whether Scott v. Harris permits courts to resolve qualified immunity at the pleading stage based on objective video evidence that demonstrates the … |
| 24-406 |
Matthew Hunady v. Donna Chisesi, Administratrix of the Estate of Jonathon Victor, Deceased |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court deadly-force interlocutory-review law-enforcement qualified-immunity standard-of-review |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision that relied on the district court's use of a reasonable jury standard in a case arising from a law enforcement… |
| 24-287 |
Jennifer Root Bannon, as the Special Personal Representative of the Estate of Juston Root v. David Godin, Boston Police Officer, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split credibility-assessment deadly-force evidence-weighing factual-determination summary-judgment |
1. Did the appeals court improperly create new
summary judgment standards under which a
court may assess the summary judgment record
by making fact… |
| 24-266 |
Calisia Kelley and Johnnie Mae Kelley, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Bruce Kelley, Jr. v. Brian O'Malley and Dominic Rivotti, in Their Individual Capacities as Police Officers for the Allegheny County Port Authority |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force factual-context graham-connor qualified-immunity tolan-cotton use-of-force |
I. In this deadly force case, the Third Circuit removed altogether from its definition of the 'specific factual context' of this case the Autopsy Repo… |
| 24A166 |
Tidera Harris v. Gregory Harvey |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5036 |
Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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| 23-1257 |
Santos Argueta, et al. v. Derrick S. Jaradi |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights deadly-force factual-question qualified-immunity tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
In Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), this Court held that unarmed, nondangerous suspects fleeing officers can't simply be shot. But the decision… |
| 23A863 |
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Presumed Complete |
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deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-standard reasonableness-test traffic-stop use-of-force |
Question not identified. |
| 23-644 |
City of Charlotte, North Carolina, et al. v. Azucena Zamorano Aleman, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rubin Galindo Chavez |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement precedent qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in the process it used to find a "clearly established" Fourth Amendment right because it used cases: (1) decided afte… |
| 23-410 |
Estate of Gabriel Strickland, et al. v. Nevada County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
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42-usc-1983 civil-rights deadly-force graham-factors graham-v-connor objective-reasonableness section-1983 totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
This case presents a unique question of law under 42 U.S.C. §1983 concerning the application of the "totality of the circumstances" test adopted in Gr… |
| 23-5230 |
Steven Poppo v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
assistance-of-counsel attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-intent deadly-force due-process equal-protection fair-trial homicide self-defense use-of-force |
Question not identified. |
| 22-1157 |
Craig Roper v. De'On Crane, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force excessive-force objective-reasonableness officer-safety police-conduct police-intervention qualified-immunity use-of-force vehicle-stop |
1. Whether an objective police officer could have believed it reasonable to shoot a person who had warrants for his arrest, had locked the doors and r… |
| 22-793 |
Paul Donald Davis, et al. v. Paul Waller, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
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circuit-split civil-rights deadly-force due-process hostage law-enforcement non-suspect-seizure qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied the test for the constitutional use of deadly force set forth by this Court in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1… |
| 22-563 |
Randall Greer, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher Greer, Deceased v. James Haman, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor jury-instruction law-enforcement probable-cause self-defense tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
A law enforcement officer's use of deadly force in
self-defense is not constitutionally unreasonable. Courts
throughout the nation universally agree t… |
| 22-223 |
County of Riverside, California, et al. v. Estate of Clemente Najera-Aguirre, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
9th-circuit clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deadly-force excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit particularized-consideration qualified-immunity use-of-force |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit's panel decision denying qualified immunity contravene this Court's mandate that courts should not hold officers to a standar… |
| 22-8 |
Anthony Momphard, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of the Macon County Sheriff's Department, et al. v. Melissa B. Knibbs, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Scott Knibbs |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-use-of-force qualified-immunity use-of-force |
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that a reasonable officer in Deputy Momphard's position would not have perceived a danger that justifie… |
| 21-1559 |
Sharon Powell, as Executrix of the Estate of William David Powell, et al. v. Jennifer Snook, as Executrix for the Estate of Patrick Snook |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process fair-notice fourth-amendment qualified-immunity totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
1. When the unconstitutionality of an officer's conduct is obvious, must the court, in addressing the "clearly established law" prong of a qualified i… |
| 21-1422 |
Brett Ferris v. Chrystal Scism, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Scism |
Second Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment lethal-force police-procedure qualified-immunity self-defense standing use-of-force |
Does the doctrine of qualified immunity shield a police officer from suit (not merely from judgment) where his/her split-second decision to deploy let… |
| 21-1125 |
Matthew Schantz v. Benny Deloach |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness police-pursuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment traffic-stop use-of-force |
1. Does the Fourth Amendment entitle police to seize all speeding motorists by shooting them, regardless of the circumstances and independently of any… |
| 21-6586 |
Mark James Martinez v. California |
California |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
california-law civil-rights common-law constitutional-right deadly-force due-process fundamental-right governmental-interest heightened-scrutiny imminent-harm self-defense |
Whether California's rule that self-defense is not available when a person does not act out of fear alone impermissibly infringes on the constitutiona… |
| 21-789 |
Casey Benton v. Mary Bradley, as Administrator of the Estate of Troy Robinson, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-29 |
Denied |
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clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity taser-deployment tennessee-v-garner |
The issue in this case is whether a police officer who deployed a taser to stop a fleeing person on top of an eight-foot wall is entitled to qualified… |
| 20-1668 |
City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, et al. v. Austin P. Bond, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Dominic F. Rollice, Deceased |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-06-01 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (4) |
deadly-force fourth-amendment intoxicated-individual officer-safety police-conduct qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force |
1. Whether use of force that is reasonable at the moment it is employed can nonetheless violate the Fourth Amendment if the officers recklessly or del… |
| 20-1362 |
Davdrin Goffin v. Robbie K. Ashcraft, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure tennessee-v-garner use-of-force |
Is an officer entitled to qualified immunity if she shoots a fleeing suspect in the back without warning after watching another officer search the sus… |
| 20-997 |
Arlane James, et al. v. Noah Bartelt |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
civil-procedure civil-rights deadly-force johnson-v-jones law-enforcement officer-involved-shooting qualified-immunity self-defense summary-judgment third-circuit use-of-force |
1. Whether the Third Circuit's decision to exercise jurisdiction over an appeal of the District Court's denial of qualified immunity on a motion for s… |
| 20-840 |
Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
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2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force |
1. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize a police officer to use deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstere… |
| 20-6573 |
Ellis Keyes v. Matt Wilson, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit civil-rights deadly-force due-process judicial-intervention municipal-liability order-to-show-cause police-restraint police-use-of-force qualified-immunity standing |
Continuing prosecution I ask the court grant motion for order to show cause why defendant police should not be restrained from deadly force? |
| 20-585 |
Greg Vasquez, et al. v. Maritza Amador, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Gilbert Flores and as Next Friend of Minor R. M. F., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-intervention police-use-of-force qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard suicide-by-cop use-of-force |
1. Viewing the facts from the officers' perspective at the time of the incident, did they act reasonably, under the Fourth Amendment, when an officer … |
| 20-578 |
Sergeant Gary Hedger, et al. v. Ronald Graves |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (7) |
deadly-force fourth-amendment homicidal-suspect law-enforcement perceived-threat qualified-immunity taser-deployment use-of-force violent-suspect |
Did the Sixth Circuit misapply or disregard this Court's precedent by holding that a law enforcement officer violates the Fourth Amendment and clearly… |
| 20-498 |
Sonia Garcia, et vir v. Wesley Blevins, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity stare-decisis unpublished-decisions unpublished-opinions |
1. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted qualified immunity reasoning facts demonstrating that a person shot and killed by … |
| 19-1067 |
Neal N. Browder, et al. v. S. R. Nehad, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deadly-force due-process emergency-response fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct police-shooting qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Shortly before midnight on April 29, 2015, a bookstore clerk saw Fridoon Rawshan Nehad in an alley. Nehad, who was incoherent, pulled a knife out of h… |
| 19-753 |
Michael Hunter, et al. v. Randy Cole, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
civil-rights clearly-established-law deadly-force deadly-weapon due-process dynamic-encounter excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity shooting-encounter use-of-force |
I. If the barrel of a gun is not yet pointed directly at an officer, does clearly established federal law prohibit police officers from firing to stop… |
| 19-6621 |
Jaquan Walters v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter |
Does "imperfect self-defense," which mitigates murder to voluntary manslaughter where the defendant "intend[ed] to use deadly force in the unreasonabl… |
| 19-222 |
Paul Anthony Valderas v. City of Lubbock, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
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4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct police-use-of-force qualified-immunity reasonable-force reasonable-inference use-of-force |
Whether an officer on the scene constrained by what he observes to use any force creates a reasonable inference that deadly force is excessive? |
| 18-1128 |
Curtis Minchuk v. Craig Strand |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split deadly-force deadly-force-justification excessive-force fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity self-defense totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
1. Whether evidence of a dangerous and violent
suspect's sudden and unexpected gesture of
surrender immediately and objectively
terminates the deadly … |
| 18-825 |
Peggy Shumpert, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Antwun Shumpert, Sr., et al. v. City of Tupelo, Mississippi, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
canine-force civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process federal-appeals-conflict police-misconduct qualified-immunity state-created-danger use-of-force whether-the-court-of-appeals-erred-in-concluding-t whether-the-court-of-appeals-erred-in-finding-that |
I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the state-created danger doctrine is not clearly established law and in failing to apply it, whe… |