No. 19-1423

George Vortman v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab initio because the magistrate judge who issued the warrant had no jurisdiction or authority to do so?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW. Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab initio because the magistrate judge who issued the warrant had no jurisdiction or authority to do so? LIST OF ALL PARTIES. Petitioner. GEORGE VORTMAN. Respondent. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTERESTED PARTIES. There are no

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)

Attorneys

George Vortman
Paul Gilruth McCarthyLaw Offices of Beles & Beles, Petitioner
Paul Gilruth McCarthyLaw Offices of Beles & Beles, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent