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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court has returned from its summer break and gotten down to business. Last week the court met for its annual “Long Confere
James King is once again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that two officers should not receive immunity for choking him unconscious and temporarily disfiguring his face.
The justices did not address one of James King's key arguments, which the 6th Circuit will now consider.
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Grand Rapids man who claimed excessive police force, but case not over Updated Feb 25, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 James King in a photo taken after he was in a scuffle with police who mistook him for a fugitive in Grand Rapids Facebook Share A man who claimed police violated his constitutional rights when he was mistakenly arrested as a home invasion suspect, then allegedly beaten in a struggle with police, has lost his case at the U.S. Supreme Court. But attorneys for James King say the legal saga that began seven years ago is not over yet, with important is...
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT High Court Finds FTCA Judgment Bars Police Brutality Suit Law360 (February 25, 2021, 1:14 PM EST) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision allowing a man to sue federal officers for a violent arrest, finding that the trial court's judgment throwing out his Federal Tort Claims Act suit against the government blocks any suit based on the same event against the officers involved. In a unanimous decision, the high court reversed a Sixth Circuit decision that had revived James King's suit against Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback, finding that in the circu...