No. 20-6733

John Christopher Ferguson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment affidavit exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits law-enforcement search-warrant warrant-affidavit
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies where law enforcement knew or should have known the affidavit would lead to a mistaken belief about the warrant's jurisdictional limits

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment applies where law enforcement officials knew or should have known that the affidavit submitted in support of the warrant would lead the magistrate to mistakenly belief that a warrant only authorized a search within the magistrate’s jurisdictional limits.

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2021)

Attorneys

Ferguson
John Riley FriesellFriesell Westerlage, PLLC, Petitioner
John Riley FriesellFriesell Westerlage, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent