No. 21-8038

Alberic Nault v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2022-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: blood-draw breath-test fourth-amendment medical-condition probable-cause search-and-seizure unconscious warrant-requirement warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Where a driver's medical condition precludes a reasonable opportunity
to administer a breath test, does the Fourth Amendment always permit
a warrantless blood draw without the court's consideration of whether
the police could have reasonably obtained a warrant without interfering
with other pressing needs or duties?

2. Whether the California Court of Appeal's published decision
interpreting this Court's decisions in Missouri v. McNeely (2013) 569
U.S. 141, 148 [133 S.Ct. 1552, 185 L.Ed.2d 696] (" McNeely "), and
Mitchell v. Wisconsin (2019) ___U.S.___ [139 S.Ct. 2525, 204 L.Ed.2d
1040] (" Mitchell ") as always permitting a warrantless blood draw where
a driver is unconscious and needs medical aid without consideration of
the totality of the circumstances of analysis, including whether there
was a "compelling need for official action and no time to secure a
warrant," incorrectly applies this Court's decisions in McNeely and
Mitchell and reaches a result that contravenes the Fourth Amendment
and conflicts with decisions of other state and federal courts.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment always permits a warrantless blood draw without consideration of the totality of the circumstances

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2022-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 5, 2022)

Attorneys

Alberic Nault
Jennifer Lynne PeabodyCalifornia Appellate Project, Petitioner
California
David Andries VoetCA Dept. of Justice-Office of the AG, Respondent