No. 19-7439

Saddam Samaan Daoud Samaan v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: carpenter-v-united-states expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment hotel-guest-registration law-enforcement reasonable-search search-and-seizure third-party-doctrine warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did Petitioner have a sufficient expectation of privacy in hotel guest registration information that a warrantless demand to the innkeeper for production of this information by law enforcement officials, in the absence of exigent circumstances or probable cause to believe that Petitioner had committed a crime, constituted a violation of Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Petitioner have a sufficient expectation of privacy in hotel guest registration information that a warrantless demand to the innkeeper for production of this information by law enforcement officials, in the absence of exigent circumstances or probable cause to believe that Petitioner had committed a crime, constituted a violation of Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Saddam Samaan Daoud Samaan
Glenn Perry BruderMitchell, Bruder and Johnson, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent