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Chung v. Silva

Petition for certiorari denied on February 19, 2019
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-695 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2018

Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in denying the officers qualified immunity by defining clearly established law at too high a level of generality rather than considering the particular facts and circumstances of this case; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, having found that the officers were exercising a community caretaking function, erred by only considering the reasonableness of their caretaking while disregarding the requirement of clearly established law.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 19 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2018)
Dec 13 2018Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Christopher Chung, et al.
Dec 27 2018Brief amici curiae of National Association of Police Organizations, et al. filed.
Dec 27 2018Brief of respondents Gulstan E. Silva, Jr., et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 15 2019Reply of petitioners Christopher Chung, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Feb 19 2019Petition DENIED.