No. 19-8676

Fatou Small v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: fourth-amendment informant-tip probable-cause reasonable-suspicion totality-of-the-circumstances traffic-offense vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a vehicle stop was performed in violation of Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a vehicle stop was performed in violation of Petitioner’s Fourth Amendment rights when no observable traffic offense was committed by Petitioner and, absent a traffic offense, the totality of the circumstances failed to corroborate an informant’s tip to establish reasonable suspicion justifying the stop?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Fatou Small
John S. Malik — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent