No. 19-5915

Steven J. Varnauskas v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment license-plate probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-violation vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHERTHER ABICYCLE RACK THATIS ATTACHED
TO THE REAR OFA VEHICLE WITR STRAPS ACCORDENLY AND
CORRECTLY TOTHE MANIFACTORS INSTRUCTIONS AND
NONETHELESS OBSCURE (S) ALICENSE PLATE, BUT
DOESN'T VIOLATE THE STATE STATUTE, WHICH VIOLATES
THE HT5 AMENDEIENT THATIS
PROBABIBLE CAUSE;
WHICH WOUIDEFFECT HUNDREDS IFNOT HILLIONS OF
EVERY DAY DRIVES WHO UNKNOWINGLY, WOUID BE COMMITTINS
A VIOLATION Of LAW.
WAS STOPPEDFOR AMINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION FROM
THE ROADSIDE, AND LEGALLY PARKED AFTER
PROBABLE CAUSE HAS DISSIPATED ATTHE SCENE
VIOLATE ONE'S H AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AS WELLAS
UINDER THE STATES CONST. (ASINTHIS CASE
ILL.CONST. ART 1,$6).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a bicycle rack attached to the rear of a vehicle was stowed accordingly and correctly to the manufacturer's instructions and does not obscure a license plate, but doesn't violate the state statute which violates the 4th Amendment that probable cause with which hundreds or millions of everyday drivers unknowingly would be committing a violation of law

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Steven J. Varnauskas
Steven J. Varnauskas — Petitioner