No. 21-6890
Robert William Moats v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights consensual-encounter consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention fourth-amendment police-detention probable-cause search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the majority opinion of the Unit ed States Fourth Circuit of Appeals, which held that the defendant had a consensual encounter with police and was not illegally detained, questioned, or preven ted from leaving the area, contravenes rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendme nt of the United States Constitution.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the majority opinion of the United States Fourth Circuit of Appeals, which held that the defendant had a consensual encounter with police and was not illegally detained, questioned, or prevented from leaving the area, contravenes rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 22, 2022)
Attorneys
Robert William Moats
John Joseph Balenovich — John J. Balenovich Law Offices, LC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent