No. 18-1157

Edwin A. Vega v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2019-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: detention fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-v-united-states search-and-seizure united-states-v-ross usps vehicle-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse Rodriguez v. United States and permit unlawful detention and search in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. In its decision in the above captioned matter did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse this honorable Court’s decision in Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 1609 (2015) by permitting the unlawful and lengthy detention of appellant herein absent a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity prior to unlawfully searching sealed U.S.P.S. packages located in the passenger compartment of his lawfully stopped vehicle in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights? 2. In its decision in the above captioned matter did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse this honorable court’s long-standing decision in United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798 (1982) by holding that probable cause did exist to open sealed U.S.P.S. packages located in the passenger compartment of appellant’s lawfully stopped vehicle in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights?

Docket Entries

2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-08
Brief of respondent The State of Ohio in opposition filed.
2019-04-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 8, 2019.
2019-04-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2019 to May 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)
2019-01-02
Application (18A685) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 4, 2019.
2018-12-18
Application (18A685) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2019 to March 2, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Edwin Vega
Justin Michael WeatherlyHenderson, Mokhtari & Weatherly, Co., LPA, Petitioner
Justin Michael WeatherlyHenderson, Mokhtari & Weatherly, Co., LPA, Petitioner
The State of Ohio
Daniel Tuyen VanCuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Daniel Tuyen VanCuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent