No. 19-7241

William Gene Cox, Jr. v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2020-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-assault civil-rights confidential-informant confidential-informants constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-02-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should law enforcement be allowed to utilize armed assaults by confidential informants as pretext for circumventing the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS) PRESENTED . . . Should law enforcement be allowed to utilize armed assaults by confidential informants as pretext for circumventing the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures? _

Docket Entries

2020-03-02
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2020-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Lousiana to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Lousiana
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
William Gene Cox, Jr.
William Gene Cox Jr. — Petitioner
William Gene Cox Jr. — Petitioner