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Dutra v. Jackson

Petition for certiorari denied on March 25, 2024
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-377 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issues: (1) Whether this court’s precedents the only source of clearly established law for purposes of qualified immunity; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit construed clearly established law too abstractly when it denied qualified immunity by citing only its own precedents involving the use of tasers, police dogs, and neck restraints on already handcuffed or subdued suspects when—as the body-cam footage shows—none of those facts were present here.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 19 2023Application (23A61) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 8, 2023 to October 6, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Jul 25 2023Application (23A61) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 6, 2023.
Oct 06 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)
Oct 26 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 27 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 13, 2023.
Dec 01 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 13, 2023 to January 12, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 12, 2024.
Jan 04 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 12, 2024 to February 12, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 05 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 12, 2024.
Feb 12 2024Brief of respondent Kim Jackson in opposition filed.
Feb 26 2024Reply of petitioners Chris Dutra, et al. filed.
Mar 06 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
Mar 25 2024Petition DENIED.