No. 20-6827

Abdul Majid v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review deference-to-lower-court fourth-amendment marijuana-legalization motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review vehicle-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals can override the District Court's factual findings and expand the scope of a warrantless search

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether, in reversing the District Court’s grant of a motion to suppress drug evidence, the Court of Appeals can override the lower court’s findings of fact and expand the scope of the search beyond limits set by this Court? Il. Whether officers can presume probable cause for an automobile search exists based on the smell of marijuana in a jurisdiction where its use has been legalized? i

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Abdul Majid
Jamie J. ReschResch Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Jamie J. ReschResch Law, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent