No. 19-5139

Alauna Gaye Morris v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights fourth-amendment impound inventory-search investigative-stop law-enforcement policy pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search vehicle-impoundment
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government meets its burden of proving the existence of a clear written policy for searching impounded vehicles

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the Government meets its burden of proving the existence of a clear written policy for searching impounded vehicles when there is a written policy but the Government failed to offer said policy into evidence. Whether law enforcement violates the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure when its alleged written policy permits unfettered discretion in determining whether to impound a vehicle, or when officers search closed containers inside a vehicle without a written policy providing for the search of closed containers. Whether law enforcement violates the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure when it impounds a vehicle and conducts a warrantless inventory search following a wholly pretextual, investigative stop.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Alauna Gaye Morris
Joshua WeirBlack & Weir, LLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent