No. 20-6495

Michael Alford v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment government-seizure personal-property property-return property-rights riley-v-california search-and-seizure
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the court erred in refusing to return personal property.

2. Whether a person has a constitutional right to obtain their own "personal and private property" that pertains only to their personal financial and medical states and their well-being.

3. Whether the Government has a right to retain "personal property" in a criminal case where that property has no connection to the offense, was not purchased at the time of the alleged offense, and contains no content that links to the offense.

4. Whether a person has a constitutional "private interest" to obtain their own personal property in light of Riley V. California, 573 US 373 (2014).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court erred in refusing to return personal property

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Alford
Michael Alford — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent