No. 18-8185

Anthony Alexander Ferrari v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-overbreadth fourth-amendment liberty-deprivation overbreadth overbroad plain-error probation-officer statutory-reasonableness supervised-release vague vagueness
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is plain error to require as a condition of supervised release that a defendant permit a probation officer to visit the probation officer at any time at home or elsewhere

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L. This Court should grant certiorari to resolve a split in circuit authority regarding whether it is plain error to require as a condition of supervised release that a defendant permit a probation officer to visit the probation officer at any time at home or elsewhere, as this condition is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, constitutionally overbroad and vague, statutorily unreasonable, and a greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary, and requires, at the least, an explanation by the district court for its imposition. i

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Anthony Alexander Ferrari
Peter Michael FleuryOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Peter Michael FleuryOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent