City of Newport Beach, California v. Vos
Petition for certiorari denied on May 20, 2019.
Issue
(1) Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires law enforcement officers to provide accommodations to an armed, violent and mentally ill suspect in the course of bringing the suspect into custody; (2) whether, under the Fourth Amendment "totality of the circumstances" analysis for assessing the reasonableness of force used against a suspect who attacks law enforcement officers, a court must take into account allegedly unreasonable police conduct that took place before the use of force, but foreseeably created the need to use that force; and (3) whether, under the Fourth Amendment"s analysis for use of force, a law enforcement officer"s interest in using deadly force against a suspect threatening an officer"s life is diminished if the assailant is mentally ill.
Recommended Citation: City of Newport Beach, California v. Vos, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/city-of-newport-beach-california-v-vos/