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Brennan v. Dawson

Petition for certiorari denied on June 15, 2020

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-913 6th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: Whether a police officer may reasonably rely on a narrow exception to a specific and clearly established right to shield him from civil liability when his conduct far exceeds the limits of that exception.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/11/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2019)
02/14/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 14, 2019 to March 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
02/19/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 18, 2019.
03/18/2019Motion of Deputy James Dawson, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (March 19, 2019 -- Corrected version submitted)
03/18/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 18, 2019 to April 17, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
03/21/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 17, 2019.
04/17/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2019 to April 24, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
04/19/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 24, 2019.
05/14/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
05/22/2019Response Requested. (Due June 21, 2019)
07/08/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 21, 2019 to July 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
07/12/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 26, 2019.
09/05/2019Motion of Deputy James Dawson, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (September 10, 2019)
09/11/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 26, 2019 to September 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
09/13/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 25, 2019.
09/13/2019Brief of respondent Deputy James Dawson in opposition filed.
10/01/2019Reply of petitioner Joshua Brennan filed.
10/02/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
10/15/2019Rescheduled.
11/26/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
12/11/2019Rescheduled.
01/06/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
01/08/2020Rescheduled.
04/28/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
05/13/2020Rescheduled.
05/18/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
05/22/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
06/01/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
06/08/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
06/15/2020Petition DENIED.