No. 18-9756

Hector Guadalupe Lozano v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights drug-dog fourth-amendment law-enforcement lawful-possession odor-detection probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a drug dog's alert, standing alone, is sufficient to establish probable cause to search when the dog is known to react to the odor of a substance that may be lawfully possessed

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a drug dog’s alert, standing alone, is sufficient to establish probable cause to search when the dog is known to react to the odor of a substance that may be lawfully possessed. i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2019)

Attorneys

Hector Lozano
Evan Gray HowzeOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, Petitioner
Evan Gray HowzeOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent