No. 18-6297

Jorge Robles-Avalos v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 4th-amendment border-patrol fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure totality-of-the-circumstances vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must a court consider a Border Patrol agent's admission to routinely stopping vehicles without reasonable suspicion as part of the totality of the circumstances in ruling on a motion to suppress evidence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In ruling on a motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a roving Border Patrol stop, must a court consider, as part of the totality of the circumstances, that the agent admits to routinely stopping vehicles without reasonable suspicion? No. __ In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 2018 JORGE ROBLES-AVALOS, Petitioner, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner, Jorge Robles-Avalos asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 12, 2018.

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2018)

Attorneys

Jorge Robles-Avalos
Kristin Michelle KimmelmanFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent