law-enforcement-interaction
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6535 | James Eric Larremore v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-09 | Pending | IFP | fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction probable-cause reasonable-person-standard seizure traffic-stop | Whether the deputy's instruction to "hang on a sec," particularly in context, communicated to a reasonable person in Larremore's position that he was … |
| 23-7694 | Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attorney-client-privilege attorney-communication due-process impartial-jury jury-impartiality law-enforcement-interaction no-contact-rule right-to-counsel waiver | 1. Whether, as a matter of federal law, New York's "no-contact" rule, which prohibits an attorney in a case from communicating with a party he or she … |
| 23-5893 | Tigran Zmrukhtyan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-possession law-enforcement law-enforcement-interaction physical-struggle reckless-conduct risk-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | Does mere possession of a firearm, even during a brief physical struggle with law enforcement, support a § 3C1.2 enhancement? |
| 23-276 | Dijon Sharpe v. Winterville Police Department, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-09-21 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (2) | civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement-interaction police-accountability police-filming public-recording qualified-immunity | This case presents a stark circuit conflict over a nationally important First Amendment question. By 2011, this Court had definitively held that gener… |
| 21-7375 | Rodolfo Rodriguez, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment appellate-review consensual-encounter consent criminal-procedure investigative-detention investigative-stop law-enforcement-interaction search-and-seizure standard-of-review voluntary-consent | 1. What is the appropriate standard to be applied in determining whether an encounter with police was consensual or an investigative stop? 2. Whether… |
| 18-7256 | Amin De Castro v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-01-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction police-encounter police-seizure probable-cause reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard seizure terry-stop | A police officer "seizes" a person under the Fourth Amendment if he makes a request that a reasonable person would not feel free to refuse, and the pe… |
| 18-6122 | Sheri Lee Pualani Kapahu v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-09-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | boarding-a-plane consensual-encounter detention drug-possession federal-agent fourth-amendment law-enforcement-interaction reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard search-and-seizure | A police-citizen encounter does not implicate the Fourth Amendment when consensual. Once a reasonable person would no longer feel free to ignore the p… |