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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
CIRCUIT COURT CONSTITUTION CIR STANDARD UNITED STATES FLORIDA FAIR WARNING AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ALABAMA SUPREME COURT ACLU FACTS APPEALS FACTUAL DISTINCTIONS OFFICIALS ENFORCEMENT PHYSICAL RESTRAINT HITCHING POST AMENDMENT WEST PALM BEACH CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AUTHORITIES INCONSISTENT CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS PUNISHMENT PRECEDENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION |
No. 01-309
In the
Supreme Court of the United States
October Term, 2001
LARRY HOPE,
Petitioner,
v.
MARK PELZER, et al.,
Respondents.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION,
THE ACLU OF ALABAMA, THE ACLU OF FLORIDA, AND THE ACLU OF
GEORGIA, IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
Steven R. Shapiro
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 549-2500
Mark R. Brown
(Counsel of Record)
Stetson University
1401 61st Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33707
(727) 562-7856
James K. Green
James K. Green, PA
222 Lakeview Avenue
Suite 1630, Esperante
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
(561) 659-2029
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
INTEREST OF AMICI
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
ARGUMENT
I. The Eleventh Circuit's Fact-Specific, "Materially Similar" Analysis
Is Inconsistent With This Court's "Fair Warning" Standard
A. The Eleventh Circuit Test For Qualified Immunity Treats Minor
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