No. 18-5759

Daniela Castellanos v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-2518 electronic-surveillance fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates investigative-procedures officer-conclusions-opinions privacy privacy-invasion probable-cause wiretap-warrant wiretapping wiretapping-procedures-18-usc-2518
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the facts required to establish probable cause, Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S., 238, 103 S. Ct. 2317 (1983), include conclusions and opinions of the officer applying for the wiretap warrant.

2. What is required to show why other investigative procedures, short of wiretapping, have been tried and failed or would be unlikely to succeed or be too dangerous.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the facts required to establish probable cause include conclusions and opinions of the officer applying for the wiretap warrant

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Daniela Castellanos
Wallace L. TaylorLaw Offices of Wallace L. Taylor, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent