Eric T. Latham v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities
Whether the search incident to arrest exception permits police officers to conduct a search based on probable cause for a minor traffic offense and bootstrap the evidence found to the search incident to arrest exception
QUESTION PRESENTED Is whether this Court's ruling in Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009), permitted police officers to conduct a “search incident to arrest" for only “probable cause" to arrest the individual for a minor traffic offense, then * bootstrap the evidence found in the search to the “search incident to arrest” exception. 7 PARTIES The petitioner is Eric Thomas Latham (Eric Latham), and his is a Federal Prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution (F.C.I.) McKean, in Bradford, PA-16701. The first respondent is the Solicitor General for the United States, Department of Justice, Room# 5614, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, : D.C. 20530-0001. The second respondent is the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 100 E. Fifth Street, Ste# 500, Cincinnati, OH-45202. (i) .