Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Conor McEvily

Today’s ?petition of the day is:

Title: Morris v. Swofford
Docket: 10-712
Issue(s): 1) Where two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the deputies are forced to fire on the armed property owner in self-defense, are the circumstances of the deputies? initial entry onto the property relevant to the constitutionality of their subsequent use of force against the property owner; and 2) where two deputy sheriffs enter a property searching for felony suspects, and the property owner confronts them with a gun, is it clearly established, for purposes of qualified immunity, that the Fourth Amendment requires the deputies give a warning prior to shooting the property owner in self-defense?

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (11th Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner's reply

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on January 10, 2011 (boomark / email).