No. 20-5431

Walter Ackerman v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-of-the-case waiver warrantless-search
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Tenth Circuit err under the law-of-the-case doctrine when it permitted the government to raise in a second appeal a claim the government waived in the first appeal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Did the Tenth Circuit err under the law of the case doctrine when it permitted the government to raise in a second appeal a claim the government waived in the first appeal? II. Does the Fourth Amendment’s good-faith exception, as articulated in Illinois v. Krull, 480 U.S. 340 (1987), apply to an investigatory, rather than an administrative, statutory scheme? And if so, does Krull’s good-faith exception apply where the statutory scheme at issue did not expressly authorize the warrantless search at issue? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2020)

Attorneys

United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Walter Ackerman
Daniel Tyler HansmeierFederal Public Defender's Office for the District of Kansas, Petitioner
Daniel Tyler HansmeierFederal Public Defender's Office for the District of Kansas, Petitioner