No. 20-1280

Joseph Cotropia v. Mary Chapman

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law fair-warning fourth-amendment government-immunity per-se-unreasonable probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrantless-search warrantless-searches
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the presumption that warrantless searches are per se unreasonable so obvious a violation of the Fourth Amendment that the presumption gives government officials fair warning?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presumption that warrantless searches are per se unreasonable is so obvious a violation of the Fourth Amendment that the presumption gives government officials fair warning

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-16
Waiver of right of respondent Mary Chapman to respond filed.
2021-03-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Joseph Cotropia
Tommy Ernest SwateSwate Law, Petitioner
Mary Chapman
Judd Edward Stone IITexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent