Case: Jacob P. Zorn, Petitioner v. Shela M. Linton
Comparison published: 2026-04-27
No lead time is claimed for this record. The underlying determination is not individually identifiable in the Substack export, so no lead time is claimed for this record.
The decisive question
Did existing precedent clearly establish that this specific wristlock-removal sequence, following warning and passive resistance, violated the Fourth Amendment?
The controlling dependency
Whether the precedent relied on below described conduct similar enough to the officer’s actual sequence to place the question beyond debate.
The defeat condition
A precedent addressing materially similar removal conduct would have defeated the qualified-immunity conclusion.
How it compared
Full alignment. The published determination — certiorari granted, Second Circuit reversed, qualified immunity available — matched the Court’s disposition and its stated rule.
NLI’s role
Published analysis only. No participation in the case.
Limits of this record
NLI was not counsel, a party, or a participant in this case, and filed nothing in it. This record establishes only that NLI published the stated determination on the stated date and how that determination compared with the decision the Court later reached. It does not establish that NLI influenced the outcome, that NLI’s reasoning was adopted, or that a comparable result should be expected in any other matter.