No. 19-7370

Mario Alberto Buenrostro-Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment anonymous-tip border-patrol border-security civil-rights criminal-activity criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment investigatory-stop reasonable-suspicion vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement, in which he stated that a person
was picked up by vehicle in an area known for alien smug gling, is sufficient to establish reasonable
suspicion for an investig atory stop of a vehicle matching the caller's description even thoug h the
caller did not provide: (1) his name or contact number, nor call on a 911 emerg ency line that enabled
tracing ; (2) any information that suggested the person being picked up was an undocumented alien,
or had just recently unlawfully crossed the border into the United States; or (3) any predictive
information that would support that the caller knew the driver of the truck or the individual picked
up were eng aged in criminal activity ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Mario Buenrostro-Lopez
Todd W. BurnsBurns and Cohan, Attorneys at Law, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent