No. 20-7187
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement marijuana-legalization probable-cause search-and-seizure state-law-enforcement vehicle-search
Latest Conference:
2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
Probable cause requires facts and circumstances within an officer's knowledge establishing a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in the particular place to be searched. Florida v. Harris, 568 U.S. 1050, 1055 (2013); Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 175-76, (1949); Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132, 162 (1925).
In states where recreational marijuana is legal in personal use amounts, does vehicle to look for a personal use amount?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit local state law enforcement from searching a vehicle to look for a personal use amount of marijuana in states where recreational marijuana is legal?
Docket Entries
2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2021)
Attorneys
Haseeb Malik
Cristen Thayer — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent