Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New cert petition: In 2014, federal task force officers beat up an innocent college student whom they'd mistaken for a suspect. But the Sixth Circuit has twice ruled that the case, which has never gotten to a judgment, cannot proceed because of the Federal Tort Claims Act's judgment bar. We're asking SCOTUS to resolve a c…