No. 18-9131

Ryan Canfield v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment impoundment inventory law-enforcement probable-cause public-safety reasonableness standardized-procedures vehicle-impoundment
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must impoundment be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, or conducted pursuant to standardized procedures, or both?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The warrantless impoundment of an arrested person’s car is permissible only when it is “totally divorced” from any investigation of criminal activity. Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433, 441 (1973). Impoundment may be undertaken only for the purpose of “public safety” or “community caretaking.” South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 368 (1976); Must impoundment be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, as some circuit courts have held, or conducted pursuant to standardized procedures, as others have held, or both, as still others have held? Can law enforcement impound a vehicle at their discretion, unconstrained by any specific and reasonable standard operating procedures, where public safety or community caretaking needs are illusory at best? i

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Ryan Canfield
Susan C WolfeLaw Office of Susan C. Wolfe, Petitioner
Susan C WolfeLaw Office of Susan C. Wolfe, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent