No. 19-8050

Cuwan Merritt v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment canine-sniff criminal-procedure de-facto-arrest law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-articulable-suspicion reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the level of corroboration and investigation required for reasonable articulable suspicion gives rise to a de facto arrest, which requires probable cause, and thereby a canine sniff of an individual's body incident to the de facto arrest?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the level of corroboration and investigation required for reasonable articulable suspicion gives rise to a de facto arrest, which requires probable cause, and thereby a canine sniff of an individual's body incident to the de facto arrest?

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-03-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Cuwan Merritt
Amy L. FairfieldFairfield & Associates, P.A., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent