No. 25-1338October Term 2025Petition PendingUpdated Sep 2, 2026
Granado v. Juanita Ramirez, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Estevan Ramirez
Case status
Where it stands
Awaiting an order on the petition
- Next
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
What it's about
This case concerns whether Officer Jonathan Granado is liable under the Fourth Amendment for using deadly force against Estevan Ramirez after a vehicle pursuit and confrontation in which Ramirez allegedly had a gun. Granado asks the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s denial of qualified immunity and its analysis of excessive force and clearly established law.
Question presented
1. Whether Officer Jonathan Granado’s use of deadly force on September 3, 2021 violated the Fourth Amendment when, after a high-speed chase, Estevan Ramirez emerged from the vehicle with gun in hand, refused an order to “get on the ground,” physically resisted an officer’s attempt to arrest, and attempted to escape towards the darkness of a residential neighborhood with gun still in hand. a. Did the panel correctly set forth the elements of an excessive force claim? b. Did the panel invert the qualified immunity analysis by shifting the burden from Ramirez to Officer Granado? c. Does the panel’s approach to qualified immunity force officers “to play roulette with their own existence”? 2. Whether any court other than the Supreme Court can clearly establish the law for purposes of qualified immunity, and if so, whether the panel majority correctly identified the clearly established law applicable to this case. 3. Whether this Court should resolve the controversies regarding qualified imm.
What happens next
Watch for the Court to decide whether to grant certiorari or for another scheduling move. No decision window is available yet, and no oral argument is scheduled.
Why it matters
The case could affect when police officers may receive qualified immunity (protection from personal liability unless prior law clearly prohibited their conduct). It could matter to officers making fast decisions and to people seeking damages after police shootings.
The petition concerns continuing disputes over how specifically prior law must describe police conduct before an officer can be held liable.
Case file
- Docket
- 25-1338
- Status
- Petition Pending
- From
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Documents
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Documents
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More questions
- What is at stake in Granado v. Ramirez?
- The case asks whether Officer Granado violated the Fourth Amendment and whether qualified immunity protects him from liability.
- Who could be affected by this police-force case?
- Police officers and people seeking damages after police shootings could be affected by rules on excessive force and qualified immunity.
- What happens next in Granado v. Ramirez?
- The Supreme Court will first decide whether to hear the petition. Oral argument has not been scheduled.
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