U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case against state troopers who killed Ricky Cobb

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal over a lawsuit brought by the mother of Ricky Cobb against the Minnesota state troopers involved in his shooting death more than three years ago on Interstate 94. The decision brings finality to the extensive criminal and civil legal maneuvers against troopers Ryan Londregan and Brett Seide and exonerates them over allegations they broke the law and violated Cobb’s civil rights in the early morning hours of July 31, 2023 in Minneapolis. In a petition to the Supreme Court, Mario Pacella, an attorney for Cobb’s mother, Nyra Jean Miller-Fields, argued that two lower federal courts had wrongly dismissed her lawsuit by allowing Londregan and Seide to use body-worn camera footage “to evaluate whether a complaint against law enforcement should be dismissed” even though that footage was outside the lawsuit and came before his client was allowed to discover evidence. Pacella wrote that federal courts had “begun to rely on body-worn cameras and similar technology to evaluate whether a complaint against law enforcement should be dismissed because of qualified immunity.” Advertisement He asked the Supreme Court to reject that argument and overturn the lower courts’ rulings. A message seeking comment on the Supreme Court decision wasn’t immediately returned by Miller-Field’s attorneys. 2023 shooting What transpired the morning Cobb was killed has been widely detailed in federal and state courts. Seide pulled Cobb over for driving without headlights at 1:52 a.m. and saw that Cobb was wanted in Ramsey County for violating a felony order for protection.