police-entry

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6565 Jaison L. Coleman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP consent-search fourth-amendment police-entry probable-cause scope-of-consent warrant-exception 1 Having already expressly denied consent for police to enter the residence, does the occupant's "okay" in response to the officer's statement that po…
21-1091 Edwin Espejo v. Washington Washington 2022-02-07 Denied 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…
21-6478 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 …
20-840 Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force 1. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize a police officer to use deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstere…