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N. S. v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners

Petition for certiorari denied on June 30, 2023

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
22-556 8th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2022

Issue: (1) Whether qualified immunity insulates a law enforcement officer from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 if there is no factually identical precedent establishing the unconstitutionality of that officer"s conduct, or whether a constitutional right can be "clearly established" by precedent with some factual variation so long as the officer has fair notice that his conduct is unconstitutional; and (2) whether the judge-made doctrine of qualified immunity should be narrowed or abolished.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/30/2022Application (22A280) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 12, 2022 to December 11, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
10/05/2022Application (22A280) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 11, 2022.
12/09/2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2023)
01/10/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
01/11/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 17, 2023.
01/18/2023Brief amicus curiae of Fourth Amendment Alliance filed.
02/17/2023Brief of respondents Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, et al. in opposition filed.
03/06/2023Reply of petitioner N.S. filed. (Distributed)
03/08/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
03/17/2023Record Requested.
03/24/2023Record received from the U.S.C.A.-8th Circuit (1 box).
03/24/2023The record from the U.S.D.C.-Western District of Missouri is available on PACER.
03/29/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
04/06/2023Rescheduled.
04/17/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
04/17/2023Rescheduled.
04/24/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
04/25/2023Rescheduled.
05/08/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/09/2023Rescheduled.
05/15/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
05/15/2023Rescheduled.
05/22/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
05/22/2023Rescheduled.
05/30/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
05/30/2023Rescheduled.
06/05/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
06/05/2023Rescheduled.
06/12/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
06/12/2023Rescheduled.
06/20/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
06/29/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
06/30/2023Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
07/07/2023Record returned to the U.S.C.A.-8th Circuit (1 box).