| 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… |
| 23-1239 |
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (36)Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor moment-of-threat-doctrine police-use-of-force totality-of-the-circumstances |
Whether courts should apply the moment of the threat doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment. |
| 23A608 |
J. W., et al. v. Elvin Paley, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split constitutional-standard excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor school-officials |
Question not identified. |
| 23-410 |
Estate of Gabriel Strickland, et al. v. Nevada County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
|
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… |
| 22-1003 |
Mucio Ramirez v. Christopher Martin |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-standard graham-v-connor police-brutality police-misconduct qualified-immunity reasonable-force use-of-force |
No dispute exists that Petitioner was intoxicated when Respondent assaulted him, but the police tried to stop Petitioner for a broken taillight. Petit… |
| 22-848 |
James Douglas Fox v. Mark Campbell, et ux. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
county-of-sacramento-v-lewis excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement qualified-immunity seizure self-defense unreasonable-force |
Petitioner James Fox performed a welfare check at the home of Respondents Mark Campbell and Sherrie Campbell. Mark stated through the closed front doo… |
| 22-768 |
Angie Waller, et al. v. Richard Hoeppner, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights-act fourth-amendment graham-v-connor municipal-liability reasonableness reasonableness-standard search-and-seizure tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances |
1. Does the Fifth Circuit's "narrowed" test of
reasonableness of a search or seizure under the Fourth
Amendment, which deems as irrelevant any of th… |
| 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… |
| 22-564 |
Juan Carlos Salazar v. Juan Rene Molina |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment circuit-split excessive-force graham-v-connor law-enforcement qualified-immunity reasonableness-of-force surrender-protocol use-of-force |
After initially fleeing from police who suspected him of speeding, petitioner encountered a roadblock, pulled his car over, exited, and lay face down … |
| 20-1539 |
Daniel Rivas-Villegas v. Ramon Cortesluna |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
civil-rights constitutional-violation excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement ninth-circuit plumhoff-v-rickard qualified-immunity supreme-court-precedent |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit depart from this Court's
decisions in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386
(1989) and Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. 765
(2014) in d… |
| 20-183 |
Billy D. Stair, III v. Charles Jackson |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
|
excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement plumhoff-v-rickard qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force |
Did the Eighth Circuit depart from this Court's decisions in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) and Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. 765 (2014) in den… |
| 19-8613 |
Abdul Shabazz Wiggins v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2020-06-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
anderson-v-creighton civil-rights due-process graham-v-connor hope-v-pelzer hudson-v-mcmillian qualified-immunity strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent use-of-force |
1. Whether the General District and Circuit Courts of Suffolk ignored the defendant's right to Qualified Immunity as set forth in Hudson v. McMillian … |
| 19-626 |
Robert Huff, et al. v. Michele Choate |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor pre-seizure-conduct qualified-immunity reckless-creation |
Graham v. Connor commands an officer's use of force be assessed for reasonableness under the "totality of the circumstances." 490 U.S. 386, 396 (1989)… |
| 18-323 |
Suzan Evans, Individually and as Wife and Next of Kin of Scott Evans, Deceased v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split constitutional-law excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor police-conduct reasonableness-standard tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances use-of-force |
Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under this Court's decisions in Tennessee v. Garner,… |