police-authority

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6688 Christian Alejandro Estrella v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement parole parole-search police-authority probable-cause search-and-seizure suspicionless-search suspicionless-seizure A police officer may seize and search a person on parole without suspicion. See Samson v. California, 547 U.S. 843, 857 (2006). But the officer must f…
21-6368 Suzanne Elizabeth Wexler v. Texas Texas 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment investigative-detention miranda miranda-custody police-authority search-warrant terry-stop 1. Whether Fourth Amendment reasonableness concerns have any bearing on a determination of custody under Miranda, specifically in regards to whether a…
20-6693 Tarcisio Valencia-Barragan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attenuation-doctrine flight fourth-amendment illegal-stop police-authority seizure 1. Whether a suspect's flight alone, after submitting to police authority, is sufficient to establish attenuation from an illegal stop and seizure to …
20-6480 Maurice Freeman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment bailey-v-united-states detention fourth-amendment immediate-vicinity michigan-v-summers police-authority premises-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure search-warrant 1. Does the rule of Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692 (1981), which permits police officers executing a search warrant to detain occupants of a reside…
20-5843 Courtney C. Brown v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights fourth-amendment police-authority reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-v-us search search-and-seizure totality-of-circumstances traffic-stop 1. Should the Court reverse Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106, 109-10 (1977), wherein, based on "the inordinate risk confronting an officer as he ap…
20-75 Jeffrey G. Heston v. G. B. Capital Holdings, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied civil-procedure contract-formation federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce maritime-contract police-authority standing takings vessel-berthing I. Does such a contract obtained in this manner sustain a determination of a "free and fair" formation on grounds equitable to both parties under the …
19-776 James Wesley Amonett, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-18 Denied Response Waived contract-enforcement contract-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-contract-enforcement due-process jury-trial law-enforcement plea-bargaining police-authority police-promises right-to-jury-trial sixth-amendment Issue 1. There is an important, recurring issue on which the Federal circuits and the states' highest courts are split, i.e. whether the police can pr…