No. 18-437

Dmitri I. Medvedev v. Henrico County

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2018-10-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights driver's-license due-process dui fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), a police officer can briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity. In the present case, a uniformed police officer received a dispatch report that a red Mazda SUV was driving erratically. The officer located a vehicle that matched the description parked in a public parking lot. Petitioner was observed sitting on a bench nearby. The officer requested that Petitioner accompany him to his patrol car and requested Petitioner's driver's license. The officer retained the license and extended Petitioner's detention until another officer arrived on scene. While waiting, the officer smelled alcohol. Ultimately, Petitioner was arrested for DUI.

QUESTION: When the officer took and retained Petitioner's license, did it constitute a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes where reasonable suspicion did not exist that Petitioner had been driving while intoxicated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When the officer took and retained Petitioner's license, did it constitute a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes where reasonable suspicion did not exist that Petitioner had been driving while intoxicated?

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-08-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2018)

Attorneys

Dmitri I. Medvedev
Dmitri I. Medvedev — Petitioner