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Jones v. Kalbaugh

Petition for certiorari denied on April 5, 2021
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-83 10th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit improperly focused on the knowledge and intentions of the suspect, rather than the facts knowable to the officers, in reversing the district court’s grant of qualified immunity in an excessive force case; and (2) whether the 10th Circuit analyzed clearly established law at too high a level of generality by relying on general statements of Fourth Amendment excessive force principles rather than identifying a case in which officers acting under similar circumstances were held to have violated the Fourth Amendment.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 22 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)
Aug 07 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2020 to October 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 28 2020Response of Jacob Jones, et al. to motion not accepted for filing. (September 08, 2020)
Sep 08 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 27, 2020.
Nov 17 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Nov 30 2020Response Requested. (Due December 30, 2020)
Dec 23 2020Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 28, 2021.
Feb 24 2021Brief of respondent Wayne D. Kalbaugh in opposition filed.
Mar 16 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
Mar 23 2021Reply of petitioners Jacob Jones, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 05 2021Petition DENIED.