Supreme Court Declines Appeal in Cobb Shooting Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Nyra Miller-Fields’ appeal, leaving in place lower federal court dismissals of her civil rights lawsuit against Minnesota State Patrol troopers Ryan Londregan and Brett Seide over the 2023 fatal shooting of her son, Ricky Cobb II. The lawsuit alleged the troopers unlawfully seized Cobb and used excessive force during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. Miller-Fields’ lawyer argued that courts should not use body-camera footage outside the complaint to dismiss a case before the plaintiff can gather evidence. Londregan had faced state murder and manslaughter charges, but prosecutors dropped them in 2025, saying they could no longer meet their burden of proof.