No. 19-7667

Robert Tremaine Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment coercion detainment due-process fourth-amendment k-9-search law-enforcement search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop video-evidence
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the promise to be free to leave after clearance of driver's license, vehicle papers, and warrants with issuance of a warning traffic citation to being held by officers-K-9 authoritative positionings, was 'coercive means' constituting a 'seizure' under the 4th Amendment; especially in light of the deletion of the video cam recording of the event?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER THE PROMISE TO BE FREE TO LEAVE AFTER CLEARANCE OF DRIVER”S LICENSE, VEHICLE PAPERS, AND WARRANTS--With issuance of a warning traffic citation--To BEING HELD BY OFFICERS-K-9 AUTHORITATIVE POSITIONINGS, WAS “COERCIVE MEANS” CONSTITUTING A “SEIZURE” UNDER THE 4TH AMENDMENT; ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT: OF THE DELETION OF THE VIDEO CAM RECORDING . OF THE EVENT?

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Robert Tremaine Williams
Robert Tremaine Williams — Petitioner
Robert Tremaine Williams — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent