Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by IJ employees. New cert petition: Eighth Circuit panel grants qualified immunity to officer who pulled taser on innocent, compliant mom based on erroneous viewing of dashcam video. First Circuit declines to grant qualified immunity in FTCA context for FBI retaliations against detainee. Appeals court decides case about statue of limitations in Massachusetts breach-of-bailment claims involves contract-law dispute, not rhinestone-adorned piano or Liberace. First Circuit finds SEC was unjustified in suing Woman to disgorge car price. Second Circuit decision on firearms regulations runs to 297 pages. Third Circuit upholds police frisking of driver who had criminal history. Third Circuit overturns qualified immunity in case where man dies after swallowing drugs and police fail to provide medical attention. Fifth Circuit stays judgment on redistricting plan after en banc review, sparking dissents. Fifth Circuit grants preliminary injunction in case involving floating barrier on Rio Grande. Firth Circuit denies qualified immunity to La. officer in case where senior citizen died after being roughly handled. Sixth Circuit affirms quashing of subpoena by Mike Lindell. Ninth Circuit dismisses case by Indian-born workers. Ninth Circuit affirms convictions and sentences for armed group that occupied federal wildlife refuge. Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s denial of motion to compel arbitration in Coinbase case. En banc Ninth Circuit reaffirms California State Bar’s Eleventh Amendment immunity. Tenth Circuit revives Utah corrections officer’s request for accommodation. Tenth Circuit dismisses case involving probation officer perjury.