| 25A747 |
Justin Page v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2025-12-23 |
Application |
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caniglia-v-strom community-caretaking emergency-aid fourth-amendment search-and-seizure warrant-requirement |
Is there a so-called "community caretaking" exception to the warrant requirement that operates distinctly from the emergency aid exception? |
| 25-623 |
Ronald Smith v. Bexar County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-02 |
Pending |
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community-caretaking constitutional-seizure fourth-amendment law-enforcement mental-health-detention qualified-immunity |
Under the 4th Amendment, a warrantless emergency mental health detention constitutes a physical seizure. Police often misconstrue ordinary street enco… |
| 24-1275 |
Jo-Ann Connelly v. Connecticut, ex rel. Jeremiah Dunn, Chief State Animal Control Officer |
Connecticut |
2025-06-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
community-caretaking exclusionary-rule forfeiture-proceedings government-welfare home-search warrantless-search |
1. Whether the exclusionary rule applies to warrantless searches of the home conducted for community caretaking?
2. Whether the exclusionary rule app… |
| 24A361 |
William Trevor Case v. Montana |
Montana |
2024-10-16 |
Presumed Complete |
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community-caretaking emergency-aid exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause warrantless-search |
Question not identified. |
| 23-885 |
Mark Wayne Gaddy v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
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anonymous-phone-call anonymous-tip community-caretaking fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
In Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433 (1973), this Court recognized the "community caretaking" function of police. In Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266 (200… |
| 21-1091 |
Edwin Espejo v. Washington |
Washington |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
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clear-and-present-danger community-care-exception community-caretaking domestic-violence due-process fourth-amendment police-entry reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure |
1. Does the community care exception to the fourth amendment allow police officers to remain in a person's home when they have determined that there i… |
| 21-6717 |
Kenneth Lamont Sanders v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking domestic-disturbance due-process emergency-aid fourth-amendment greenlaw-v-united-states party-presentation warrantless-search |
1. Whether the "principle of party presentation" articulated in Greenlaw v. United States, is violated where: (1) the prosecution defends a warrantles… |
| 21-6478 |
Endalkachew Merid v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
caniglia-v-strom community-caretaking exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment police-entry reasonable-belief suicide-intervention warrantless-entry warrantless-search |
The police forcibly entered Merid's apartment without a warrant claiming a reasonable basis to conclude that Merid was suicidal and needed assistance … |
| 21-814 |
Christopher Castagna, et al. v. Harry Jean, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
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4th-amendment cady-v-dombrowski community-caretaking home-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-entry |
1. Did th is Cour t's opinion in Cady v. Dombrowski , 413 U.S. 433 (1973) clearly establish that the community caretaking exception applied only to wa… |
| 21-6140 |
Leonard Morrison v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment community-caretaking consent exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-search implied-consent law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-entry |
Can a court find voluntary "implied consent" to a warrantless home entry when the officer did not request permission to enter and was unaware of any c… |
| 20-1745 |
Richard Sylvester v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
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4th-amendment burden-of-proof community-caretaking fourth-amendment investigatory-motive law-enforcement-procedure police-policy probable-cause subjective-intent totality-of-circumstances vehicle-impound vehicle-impoundment |
1. In order for a vehicle impound to be consonant with the Fourth Amendment, must a police officer comply with established impound policies and proced… |
| 20-7234 |
Kerrin Barrett v. PAE Government Services, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
community-caretaking emergency-doctrine exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-seizure warrantless-seizures |
1. Whether the temporal scope of the emergency doctrine governing warrantless seizures for "community caretaking" extends beyond the immediate circums… |
| 20-7210 |
Tesfa Connell v. New York |
New York |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment 4th-amendment-warrant-requirement community-caretaking fourth-amendment impoundment inventory-search law-enforcement-discretion standardized-criteria vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search warrant-requirement |
Whether the Fourth Amendment likewise mandates that standardized criteria govern an officer's antecedent decision to impound a legally and safely park… |
| 20-896 |
Teresa M. Graham v. Shannon L. Barnette, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-07 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split community-caretaking fourth-amendment home-entry home-search qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrant-requirement |
1. WHETHER THE "COMMUNITY CARETAKING" EXCEPTION TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT'S WARRANT REQUIREMENT EXTENDS TO THE HOME?
2. WHETHER THE "COMMUNITY CARETAKI… |
| 20-253 |
Christopher Castagna, et al. v. Harry Jean, et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-09-01 |
Denied |
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community-caretaking fourth-amendment home-sanctity police-intrusion qualified-immunity sanctity-of-home search-and-seizure warrantless-entry |
The Third and Seventh Circuits have held that the community caretaking exception established by Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433 (1973) does not apply… |
| 20-157 |
Edward A. Caniglia v. Robert F. Strom, et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-08-13 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15)Relisted (2) |
community-caretaking constitutional-law fourth-amendment home home-search law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure warrant-requirement |
Whether the "community caretaking" exception
to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement
extends to the home. |
| 19-1057 |
Lori Rodriguez, et al. v. City of San Jose, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
civil-rights community-caretaking constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure immediate-threat issue-preclusion ripeness search-and-seizure second-amendment timely-warrant warrant-requirement |
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows an exception to its warrant requirement for so-called "community caretaking" where the alleged danger to the co… |
| 19-6859 |
Michael A. Green v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment abandoned-vehicle community-caretaking criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search investigatory-motive law-enforcement-motive pretext search-and-seizure tow-policy vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search |
This case involves the impoundment and inventory search of a disabled vehicle by a law enforcement officer with an explicitly stated investigatory mot… |
| 19-5671 |
James Lyle v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
byrd-v-united-states community-caretaking driver's-license exclusive-possession exclusive-possession-and-control fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure non-criminal-control reasonable-expectation-of-privacy rental-vehicle trunk-access vehicle-search warrant-exception |
Under the Fourth Amendment and Byrd v. United States, 584 U.S. (2018), may a person who operates a rental vehicle without a valid driver's license nev… |
| 19-202 |
Solomon McLemore v. City of Shoreline, Washington |
Washington |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment free-speech obstruction obstruction-of-justice probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-entry warrantless-search |
In the middle of the night, police officers came to McLemore's home and banged on the door, demanding entry without a warrant to investigate a loud ar… |
| 18-9131 |
Ryan Canfield v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment impoundment inventory law-enforcement probable-cause public-safety reasonableness standardized-procedures vehicle-impoundment |
The warrantless impoundment of an arrested person's car is permissible only when it is "totally divorced" from any investigation of criminal activity.… |
| 18-8758 |
Lamonte Diondre Gaston v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment caretaking civil-procedure community-caretaking fourth-amendment impoundment inventory-search law-enforcement outstanding-fine warrant-requirement |
Can the government justify a search under the inventory search exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement if no inventory log is created? |
| 18-1006 |
Michael Kevin Adams v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking criminal-procedure fourth-amendment impoundment interrogation law-enforcement minor-offense probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search |
The warrantless impoundment of an arrested person's car must be in furtherance of "public safety" or "community caretaking functions." South Dakota v.… |
| 18-695 |
Christopher Chung, et al. v. Gulstan E. Silva, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sheldon Paul Haleck, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-rights clearly-established-law community-caretaking due-process excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit qualified-immunity reasonableness use-of-force |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying the officers qualified immunity by defining clearly established law at too high a level of generality ra… |
| 18-531 |
Terry Lee Coffman v. Iowa |
Iowa |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cady-v-dombrowski cady-v-drombrowski community-caretaking constitutional-law exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment immediate-need objective-facts police-assistance probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-seizure |
WHETHER THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN CADY V. DROMBROWSKI, 413 U.S. 433 (1973), PERMITS A WARRANTLESS SEIZURE UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTIVE F… |