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Barnes v. Felix

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-1239 5th Cir. Jan 22, 2025
 TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether courts should apply the "moment of the threat" doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 22 2024Application (23A863) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 22, 2024 to May 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
Mar 27 2024Application (23A863) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 22, 2024.
May 22 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)
Jun 14 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 24, 2024 to July 24, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. (Motion docketed 6/21/24)
Jun 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 24, 2024.
Jun 21 2024Waiver of right of respondent Harris County, Texas to respond filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The National Urban League filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
Jun 24 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Jul 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 24, 2024 to August 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 19 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 14, 2024.
Aug 14 2024Brief of respondent Roberto Felix, Jr. in opposition filed.
Aug 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 28 2024Reply of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed. (Distributed)
Oct 04 2024Petition GRANTED.
Oct 31 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Nov 13 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Nov 13 2024Brief of petitioner Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased filed.
Nov 13 2024Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Nov 19 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Texas Civil Rights Project filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Color of Change filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Southern Border Communities Coalition filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Institute for American Policing Reform filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of The National Urban League, et al. filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of Professor Seth W. Stoughton filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The National Police Accountability Project filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officials filed.
Nov 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur and remand filed.
Nov 25 2024Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Dec 03 2024CIRCULATED