No. 25-5274

Eleuterio Zubia-Melendez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: None
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 OstiniNational Defense Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent