No. 20-5285
Melvin Lee Jones v. United States
Tags: 4th-amendment circuit-court-split criminal-procedure drug-enforcement fourth-amendment locked-containers marijuana-odor probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does probable cause to believe that a small, personal-use amount of drugs is present in a home automatically also provide probable cause to search the entire home (including locked containers inside it) for additional drugs, on the theory that where there is as little as one marijuana cigarette, more drugs are likely to be hidden nearby?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Scope of search warrant based on marijuana odor
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-18
Reply of petitioner Melvin Jones filed.
2020-12-09
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2020-11-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 9, 2020.
2020-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 27, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 27, 2020.
2020-10-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2020 to November 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 26, 2020.
2020-09-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2020 to October 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-26
Response Requested. (Due September 25, 2020)
2020-08-14
Supplemental brief of petitioner Melvin Jones filed. (Distributed)
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2020)
Attorneys
Melvin Jones
Patrick L. Bryant — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent