No. 20-6728

Jarvis O'Neil Adams v. Georgia Office of the Governor, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment arrest civil-rights criminal-procedure law-enforcement narcotics officer-opinion probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether probable cause pursuant to the 4th Amendment can be
established solely upon an officer's opinion of smelling narcotics.

2. Whether seizure pursuant to the 4th Amendment and arrest are
synonymous or must a citizen be taken to jail and charged with
something for an arrest to occur.

3. Whether confiscating a citizen's personal property during a stop that
does not result in a crime being committed nor the citizen being
charged with anything violates the citizens 4th and 5th Amendment
rights.

4. Whether the immunities and privileges in the cited cases are
applicable in plaintiffs case.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether probable cause can be established solely on officer's opinion of narcotics smell

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent GA Office of the Governor to respond filed.
2020-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2021)

Attorneys

GA Office of the Governor
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Jarvis O'Neil Adams
Jarvis O'Neil Adams — Petitioner