Recent Developments
in the Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court

Last updated 11/05/2009

Regular updates by Prof. Michael Avery will also be posted on the NPAP listserv.

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

• DeMayo v. Nugent, 517 F.3d 11, 18 (1st Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Jennings v. Jones, 479 F.3d 110 (1st Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Buchanan v. Maine, 469 F.3d 158 (1st Cir. 2006)
  Emotionally Disturbed People
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

• Walczyk v. Rio, 496 F.3d 139 (2d Cir. 2007)

Search and Seizure

• Wray v. City of New York, 490 F.3d 189 (2d Cir. 2007)

Procedural Due Process

• Tabaa v. Chertoff, 509 F.3d 89 (2d Cir. 2007)

First Amendment

• Higazy v. Templeton, 505 F.3d 161 (2d Cir. 2007)

Coercive Interrogation

• Zellner v. Summerlin, 494 F.3d 344 (2d Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Gilles v. Repicky, 511 F.3d 239 (2d Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Jenkins v. City of New York, 478 F.3d 76, 87 (2dCir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention, Excessive Force
• Russo v. City of Brigdeport, 479 F.3d 196 (2d Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Jones v. Parmley, 465 F.3d 46 (2d Cir. 2006)
  Interference with Free Speech
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

• Burella v. City of Philadelphia, 501 F.3d 134 (3d Cir. 2007)

Failure to Protect

• Sands v. McCormick, 502 F.3d 263, 269 (3d Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Johnson v. Knorr, 477 F.3d 75 (3rd Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Yarris v. Co. of Delaware, 465 F.3d 129 (3d Cir. 2006)
  Exculpatory Evidence
  (duty of police to furnish excupatory evidence to prosecutor)
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

• Orem v. Rephann, 523 F.3d 442 (4th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Henry v. Purnell, 501 F.3d 374 (4th Cir. 2007)

Excessive Force

• Abney v. Coe, 493 F.3d 412 (4th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force after Scott v. Harris

• Miller v. Prince George's County, Md., 475 F.3d 621 (4th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• Lytle v. Bexar County, Tex., 560 F.3d 404, 414, 416 (5th Cir. 2009)

Deadly Force - High Speed Pursuit after Scott v. Harris

• Pasco ex rel. Pasco v. Knoblauch, 566 F.3d 572 (5th Cir. 2009)

Deadly Force - High Speed Pursuit after Scott v. Harris

• Brown v. Miller, F.3d, 2008 WL 509078 (5th Cir. 2008)
  Falsifying Evidence
• Hathaway v. Bazany, 507 F.3d 312 (5th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force

• Freeman v. Gore, 483 F.3d 404 (5th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• DeLeon v. Corpus Christi, 488 F.3d 649 (5th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Ballard v. Burton, 444 F.3d 391 (5th Cir. 2006)
  Excessive Force

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

• Lambert v. Hartman, 517 F.3d 433 (6th Cir. 2008)

Privacy

• Leary v. Livingston County, 528 F.3d 438 (6th Cir. 2008)

Failure to Protect

• Davenport v. Causey, 521 F.3d 544 (6th Cir. 2008)

Deadly Force

• Kirby v. Duva, 530 F.3d 475 (6th Cir. 2008)

Deadly Force

• Jones v. City of Cincinnati, 521 F.3d 555 (6th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Dorsey v. Barber, 517 F.3d 389 (6th Cir. 2008)

Arrest and Detention

• King v. Ambs, 519 F.3d 607 (6th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment

• Floyd v. City of Detroit, 518 F.3d 398, 406-407 (6th Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Harris v. Bornhorst, 513 F.3d 503 (6th Cir. 2008)

Sufficient Notice of Claim

• Marvin v. City of Taylor, 509 F.3d 234 (6th Cir. 2007)

Excessive Force

• Williams v. City of Grosse Point Park, 496 F.3d 482 (6th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force

• Fox v. DeSoto, 489 F.3d 227 (6th Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention, Malicious Prosecution

• Peet v. City of Detroit, 502 F.3d 557 (6th Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Logsdon v. Hains, 492 F.3d 334, 343 (6th Cir. 2007)

Probable Cause - Exculpatory Evidence

• Powers v. Hamilton Co. Public Defender, 501 F.3d 592 (6th Cir. 2007)

Failure to Seek Indigency Hearing

• Wilson v. Morgan, 477 F.3d 326 (6th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Bouggess v. Mattingly, 482 F.3d 886 (6th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Livermore ex rel Rohm v. Lubelan, 476 F.3d 397 (6th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
  (rejecting deadly force claim agains police sniper)
• Griffith v. Coburn, 473 F.3d 650 (6th Cir. 2007)
  Emotionally Disturbed People
• Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. City of Springboro, 477 F.3d 807 (6th Cir. 2007)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Leonard v. Robinson, 477 F.3d 347, 2007 Fed.App. 0051P (6th Cir. 2007)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Smoak v. Hall, 460 F.3d 768 (6th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
• Bing v. ex rel. City of Whitehall, 456 F.3d 555 (6th Cir. 2006)
  Excessive Force
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

• Bielanski v. County of Kane, 550 F.3d 632 (7th Cir. 2008)

Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence

• Michael C. v. Gresbach, 526 F.3d 1008 (7th Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Purtell v. Mason, 527 F.3d 615 (7th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment

• Richman v. Sheahan, 512 F.3d 876 (7th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Jewett v. Anders, 521 F.3d 818 (7th Cir. 2008)

Arrest and Detention

• Gilbert v. Cook, 512 F.3d 899 (7th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Johnson v. Dossey, F.3d, 2008 WL 364590 (7th Cir. 2008)
  Brady Violation, Heck v. Humphrey
• Gilbert v. Cook, 512 F.3d 899 (7th Cir. 2008)
  Excessive Force, Heck v. Humphrey
• Campbell v. Miller, 499 F.3d 711 (7th Cir. 2007)

Search and Seizure

• Steidl v. Fermon, 494 F.3d 623 (7th Cir. 2007)

First Amendment

• Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estate, 511 F.3d 673 (7th Cir. 2007)

Distinction False Arrest - Malicious Prosecution

• Redwood v. Dobson, 476 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Sallenger v. Oaks, 473 F.3d 731 (7th Cir. 2007)

Excessive Force

• Sides v. City of Champaign, 496 F.3d 820 (7th Cir.2007)
  Search and Seizure
• Tibbs v. City of Chicago, 469 F.3d 661 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
• Lopez v. City of Chicago, 464 F.3d 711 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
  (Five days without probable cause hearing was unreasonable)
• Gamboa v. Velez, 457 F.3d 703 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
• Mustafa v. City of Chicago, 442 F.3d 544 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
• Thompson v. City of Chicago, 472 F.3d 444 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Excessive Force
  (Limitations on expert testimony in excessive force cases)
• Ovadal v. City of Madison, 469 F.3d 625 (7th Cir. 2006)
  Interference with Free Speech
  (Decision to remove protesters from highway overpass was not casued by content of their message)
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

• Amrine v. Brooks, 522 F.3d 823 (8th Cir. 2008)

Substantive Due Process

• McGhee v. Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 514 F.3d 739 (8th Cir. 2008)

Procedural Due Process

• Moore v. Indehar, 514 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 2008)

Deadly Force

• Stufflebeam v. Harris, 521 F.3d 884 (8th Cir. 2008)

Arrest and Detention

• Seymour v. City of Des Moines, 519 F.3d 790 (8th Cir. 2008)

Arrest and Detention

• White v. McKinley, F.3d, 2008 WL 495637 (8th Cir. 2008)
  Suppression of Exculpatory Evidence
• Ngo v. Storlie, 495 F.3d 597 (8th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force

• Brockinton v. City of Sherwood, 503 F.3d 667 (8th Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Clemmons v. Armontrout, 477 F.3d 962 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Wrongful Conviction
• Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park, Mn., 486 F.3d 385 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Sanders v. City of Minneapolis, Mn., 474 F.3d 523 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Hassan v. City of Minneapolis, 489 F.3d 914 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Emotionally Disturbed People
• Thao v. St. Paul, 481 F.3d 565 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Emotionally Disturbed People
• Wickersham v. City of Columbia, 481 F.3d 591 (8th Cir. 2007)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Rahn v. Hawkins, 464 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2006)
  Excessive Force
  (Failure to give deadly force instructions was not harmless error, judgment for defendants reversed)
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• Cuevas v. De Roco,  531 F.3d 726 (9th Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Beck v. City of Upland, 527 F.3d 853, 862 (9th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment, Malicious Prosecution

• Fogel v. Collins, 531 F.3d 824 (9th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment

• Torres v. City of Madera, 524 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Gregory v. Co. of Maui, 523 F.3d 1103 (9th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Redding v. Safford Unified School Dist. No. 1, 531 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir., en banc, 2007)

Search and Seizure

• Tekle v. United States, 511 F. 3d 839 (9th Cir. 2007)

Detention of Children

• Galen v. County of Los Angeles, 477 F.3d 652 (9th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Fisher v. City of San Jose, 475 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Goldstein v. City of Long Beach , 481 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2007)

  Wrongful Conviction

• Blankenhorn v. City of Orange, 485 F.3d 463, 478 (9th Cir. 2007)

  Excessive Force
• Davis v. City of Las Vegas, 478 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Adams v. Speers, 473 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• ACLU of Nevada v. City of Las Vegas, 466 F.3d 784 (9th Cir. 2006)
  

  Interference with Free Speech

• Klein v. San Diego Co., 463 F.3d 1029 (9th 2006)
  Interference with Free Speech

• Skoog v. County of Clackamas, 469 F.3d 1221 (9th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention, Interference with Free Speech

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

• Cordova v. Aragon,   569 F.3d 1183, 1192 (10th Cir. 2009)

Deadly Force - High Speed Pursuit after Scott v. Harris

• Eidson v. Owens, 515 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Archuleta v. Wagner, 523 F.3d 1278 (10th Cir. 2008)

Search and Seizure

• Wilkins v. DeReyes, 528 F.3d 790 (10th Cir. 2008)

Malicious Prosecution

• Lowery v. County of Riley, 522 F.3d 1086, 1092 (10th Cir. 2008)

Familial Relationship

• Price-Cornelison v. Brooks, 524 F.3d 1103 (10th Cir. 2008)

Failure to Protect

• Williams v. Berney, 519 F.3d 1216, 1224 (10th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force - Substantive Due Process

• Estate of Larsen ex rel. Sturdivan v. Murr, 511 F.3d 1255 (10th Cir. 2008)

Deadly Force

• Fogarty v. Gallegos, 523 F.3d 1147 (10th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment, Excessive Force

• York v. City of Las Cruces, 523 F.3d 1205 (10th Cir. 2008)

First Amendment

• Mondragon v. Thompson, 519 F.3d 1078 (10th Cir. 2008)

Wallace v. Kato, Legal Process

• Novitsky v. City of Aurora, 491 F.3d 1244 (10th Cir. 2007)

Malicious Prosecution

• Becker v. Kroll, 494 F.3d 904, 926 (10th Cir. 2007)

First Amendment, Malicious Prosecution

• Casey v. City of Federal Heights, 509 F.3d 1278, 1286 (10th Cir. 2007)

Excessive Force

• Reeves v. Churchich, 484 F.3d 1244 (10th Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Martinez v. Carr, 479 F.3d 1292 (10th Cir. 2007)
  Arrest and Detention
• Cortez v. McCauley , 478 F.3d 1108 (10th Cir. 2007)

  Arrest and Detention

• West v. Keef, 479 F.3d 757 (10th Cir. 2007)
  Emotionally Disturbed People
• Meyer v. Board of County Com'rs of Harper County, 482 F.3d 1232 (10th Cir. 2007)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Citizens for Peace in Space v. City of Colorado Springs, 477 F.3d 1212 (10th Cir. 2007)
  

  Interference with Free Speech

• Walker v. City of Orem, 451 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

• Crenshaw v. Lister, 556 F.3d 1283 (11th Cir. 2009)

Use of Force - Dog Bite

• Sharp v. Fisher, 532 F.3d 1180 (11th Cir. 2008)

Deadly Force - High Speed Pursuit after Scott v. Harris

• Gish v. Thomas, 516 F.3d 952 (11th Cir. 2008)

Medical Needs

• Reese v. Herbert, 527 F.3d 1253 (11th Cir. 2008)

Complaint, Excessive Force

• Hadley v. Gutierrez, 526 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Bates v. Harvey, F.3d, 2008 WL 565774 (11th Cir. 2008)
  Warrantless Entry, Exigent Circumstances
• Kjellsen v. Mills, F.3d, 2008 WL 451882 (11th Cir. 2008)
  Malicious Prosecution, 6th Amendment Compulsory Process
• Bruce v. Beary, 498 F.3d 1232 (11th Cir. 2007)

Search and Seizure

• Porter v. White, 483 F.3d 1294 (11th Cir. 2007)

Procedural Due Process

• Beshers v. Harrison, 495 F.3d 1260 (11th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force

• Jorge T. v. Fla. Dep't of Children & Families, 250 Fed. App. 954, 955-956 (11th Cir. 2007)

Complaint

• McClish v. Nugent, 483 F.3d 1231 (11th Cir. 2007)

Arrest and Detention

• Long v. Slaton , 508 F.3d 576 (11th Cir. 2007)

Deadly Force after Scott v. Harris

• Dyer v. Lee, 488 F.3d 876 (11th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Velazquez v. City of Hialeah, 484 F.3d 1340, 1342 (11th Cir. 2007)
  Excessive Force
• Skop v. City of Atlanta, 485 F.3d 1130 (11th Cir. 2007)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Gray v. ex rel. Alexander v. Bostic, 458 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2006)
  Arrest and Detention
• Elend v. Basham, 471 F.3d 1199 (11th Cir. 2006)
  Interference with Free Speech
• Davis v. Williams, 451 F.3d 759, 767 (11th Cir. 2006)
  Interference with Free Speech
  
  
  

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

• Johnson v. District of Columbia, 528 F.3d 969 (D.C. Cir. 2008)

Excessive Force

• Mudrow v. Re-Direct, Inc., 493 F.3d 160 (D.C. Cir 2007)

Failure to Protect

• Pitt v. District of Columbia, 491 F.3d 494 (D.C. Cir. 2007)
  Malicious Prosecution
• Arrington v. U.S. , 473 F.3d 329 (D. C. Cir. 2006)

Excessive Force

U.S. Supreme Court

• Scott v. Harris, 127 S.Ct. 1769 (2007)
  Excessive Force
• Wallace v. Kato, 127 S.Ct. 1091 (2007)
  False Arrest, Heck v. Humphrey