No. 20-5338

Ibrahim McCants v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: anonymous-tip corroboration domestic-violence fourth-amendment police-response probable-cause reasonable-suspicion stop-and-frisk
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does an anonymous tip providing minimal physical and location descriptors and
alleging ongoing domestic violence that is not corroborated when police respond
within minutes of the call suffice to support a stop and frisk based on
"circumstances common to domestic violence calls"?

3. Whether the Third Circuit's approach to determining that New Jersey's second
degree robbery statute is divisible is contrary to Mathis v. United States when it
ignores state law sources and relies on the layout of the statute and the fact
that different subsections require different proof?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an anonymous tip providing minimal physical and location descriptors and alleging ongoing domestic violence that is not corroborated when police respond within minutes of the call suffice to support a stop and frisk based on 'circumstances common to domestic violence calls?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 11, 2020)

Attorneys

Ibrahim McCants
Louise ArkelOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent