No. 18-5585

Karen Mackey v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: border-patrol due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment gender-discrimination traffic-stop unreasonable-search-and-seizure unreasonable-seizure vehicle-search
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a driver's gender may be a factor in the U.S. Border Patrol's decision to stop and search the person's vehicle and that the use of gender as a factor in the traffic stop and search does not violate due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. The Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a driver's gender may be a factor in the U.S. Border Patrol's decision to stop and search the person's vehicle and that the use of gender as a factor in the traffic stop and search does not violate due process. I. The Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a driver's gender may be a factor in the U.S. Border Patrol's decision to stop and search the person's vehicle and that the use of gender as a factor in the traffic stop and search does not violate the fourth amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. i

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)

Attorneys

Karen Mackey
Claudia Valdez BalliBalli & Balli Law Firm, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent