No. 21-5487

Norman Michael Achin v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2021-08-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process electronic-surveillance fourth-amendment impersonation law-enforcement-conduct privacy privacy-rights warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess FirstAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does intercepting private electronic messages and cell phone communications without a
warrant by impersonating another adult or by impersonating an imaginary person violate 18
U.S.C. § 2511 anda U.S. citizen's First, Fourth, and Sixth Amendment Rights?

2. How can a defendant's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and Sixth
Amendment right to confront your accuser, be guaranteed when police deploy an imaginary
person to be the victim, without a warrant?

3. Was Achin the architect of the crime or were the police engaged in outrageous police
conduct, violating Achin's Fifth and Fourteen Amendment liberty right to date someone
without government interference or surveillance?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does intercepting private electronic messages and cell phone communications without a warrant by impersonating another adult or by impersonating an imaginary person violate 18 U.S.C. § 2511 and a U.S. citizen's First, Fourth, and Sixth Amendment Rights?

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Norman Michael Achin
Norman Michael Achin — Petitioner