No. 19-494
David Zachary Morgan v. Washington
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment government-search plain-view-doctrine plain-view-exception probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FourthAmendment FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw FourthAmendment FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-02-21
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a government official who would like to seize someone's personal property, and has both probable cause and the time to obtain a warrant, must bring his probable cause to a magistrate to obtain a warrant or may, under the plain-view exception, just send a fellow officer to go take it?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a government official who would like to seize someone’s personal property, and has both probable cause and the time to obtain a warrant, must bring his probable cause to a magistrate to obtain a warrant or may, under the plain-view exception, just send a fellow officer to go take it? @
Docket Entries
2020-02-24
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar GRANTED.
2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-21
Reply of petitioner David Zachery Morgan filed.
2020-01-02
Brief of respondent Washington in opposition filed.
2019-12-06
Response Requested. (Due January 6, 2020)
2019-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-18
Brief amici curiae of Brooks Holland and Benjamin Levin filed.
2019-11-18
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.
2019-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2019)
2019-07-29
Application (19A119) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 13, 2019.
2019-07-26
Application (19A119) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 14, 2019 to October 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Brooks Holland and Benjamin Levin
Robert K. Kry — MoloLamken LLP, Amicus
David Zachery Morgan
Amir H. Ali — Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner
Washington
Seth Aaron Fine — Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
Eric B. Wolff — Perkins Coie LLP, Amicus