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Ramirez v. Guadarrama

Petition for a writ of certiorari denied on June 30, 2022. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justices Breyer and Kagan joined, dissented from the denial of certiorari.

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-778 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: Whether, to defeat a motion to dismiss in a Section 1983 suit alleging that officers used excessive force, plaintiffs must plead as an element of their claim that the officers had an available alternative that "would have" avoided the harm.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/22/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)
12/16/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2021 to January 26, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
12/17/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 26, 2022, for all respondents.
12/23/2021Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
01/26/2022Brief of respondent Jeremias Guadarrama in opposition filed.
01/26/2022Brief of respondent Ebony N. Jefferson in opposition filed.
02/09/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
02/09/2022Reply of petitioners Selina Ramirez, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/22/2022Rescheduled.
02/28/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
03/01/2022Rescheduled.
03/14/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
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03/22/2022Rescheduled.
03/28/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
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04/11/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
04/12/2022Rescheduled.
04/18/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
04/19/2022Rescheduled.
04/25/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
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05/09/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
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05/23/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
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06/29/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
06/30/2022Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)