No. 19-5972

Dimitri Bernard Robinson v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2019-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights federal-courts jurisdiction pen-register petition privacy probable-cause supreme-court trap-and-trace writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the lower courts err when they violated petitioner's right to privacy and protection when law enforcement obtained an unreasonable order for a Pen register, Trap and Trace without probable cause?

II. Did law enforcement use petitioner's traffic warrant as a pretext to detain and search his residence for evidence of an unrelated homicide?

III. Did the lower courts err when they found petitioner waived his right to counsel and to remain silent, after the police reinitiated contact with petitioner after he informed Detective Cox that he wish to seek counsel before being questioned?

IV. Was petitioner induced by unreasonable acts of law enforcement for the purpose of an investigatory pretext?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to privacy and protection violated without probable cause, when law enforcement obtained an unreasonable order for a pen register, trap and trace?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-06
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-07-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Dimitri Bernard Robinson
Dimitri Robinson — Petitioner