No. 19-5915

Steven J. Varnauskas v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-09-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment license-plate probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-violation vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search warrantless-search
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a bicycle rack attached to the rear of a vehicle was stowed accordingly and correctly to the manufacturer's instructions and does not obscure a license plate, but doesn't violate the state statute which violates the 4th Amendment that probable cause with which hundreds or millions of everyday drivers unknowingly would be committing a violation of law

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Steven J. Varnauskas
Steven J. Varnauskas — Petitioner
Steven J. Varnauskas — Petitioner