No. 18-6225

Scott Mitchell Bummer v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment hearing-absence indefinite-retention motion-to-suppress personal-property telephonic-conference unreasonable-search-and-seizure warrantless-seizure
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2018-11-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government's warrantless seizure and indefinite retention of a person's personal property violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ESTIONS PRESENTED Whether, during a three-day hearing, the Petitioner’s absence from a telephonic conference on the second day violates his right to due process. Whether the district court violated Petitioner’s Fourth Amendment rights by denying the Petitioner’s motion to suppress.

Docket Entries

2018-11-05
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 5, 2018)

Attorneys

Scott Mitchell Bummer
Colin Michael StephensSmith & Stephens, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent