No. 21-5823
Salvador Vasquez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment marijuana-decriminalization probable-cause search-and-seizure state-law state-marijuana-laws vehicle-search warrantless-search
Latest Conference:
2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
When a state has decriminalized marijuana possession and use, does evidence of marijuana use inside a car—combined with nonspecific indications that the car's occupant may be engaging in other criminal conduct—create probable cause for a warrantless vehicle search?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When a state has decriminalized marijuana possession and use, does evidence of marijuana use inside a car—combined with nonspecific indications that the car's occupant may be engaging in other criminal conduct— create probable cause for a warrantless vehicle search?
Docket Entries
2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2021)
Attorneys
Salvador Vasquez
Margaret Alice-Anne Farrand — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent