No. 25-5274
Eleuterio Zubia-Melendez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
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Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, in light of Class v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 798, 200 L. Ed. 2d 37 (2018), a guilty plea forecloses a defendant's ability to raise, on direct appeal, a Fourth Amendment challenge to suspicionless, technology-driven surveillance—such as license-plate readers at unmanned checkpoints—where the legal basis for the claim was unsettled at the time of the plea.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Question not identified.
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2025)
Attorneys
Eleuterio Zubia-Melendez
Joseph Jeff Ostini — National Defense Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent