No. 21-42
Sylvia Black v. Peace Officer Christine Vitello, et al.
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment illegal-entry judicial-authorization law-enforcement-misconduct search-and-seizure standing warrant-forgery
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where Peace Officers violated Plaintiffs Fourth Amendment Rights by Forging Judge Hannah's Signature on a Warrant that allowed Erie County Offices to Enter Plaintiffs premises. Defendants, place of business was in Niagara County at the time of the break in.
Peace Officers did not have a basis for their entry, they possess no signed application by a Magistrate Judge prior to illegally breaking into Plaintiffs home and confiscating her cats.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether peace officers violated the plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights by forging a judge's signature on a warrant to enter the plaintiffs' premises in a different county from the officers' place of business
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 12, 2021)
Attorneys
Sylvia Black
Sylvia Black — Petitioner