No. 20-7102
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment circuit-split dog-sniff high-crime-area motion-to-suppress racial-profiling tenth-circuit totality-of-circumstances traffic-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the Tenth Circuit correct in affirming the denial of Mr. Ahmed's motion to suppress evidence
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Was the Tenth Circuit correct in affirming the denial of Mr. Ahmed’s motion to suppress evidence seized during and derived from an August 26, 2015 traffic stop and dog sniff when that decision was based, in large part, on Mr. Ahmed’s presence in a high-crime area at the time of the sniff, even though such a factor is widely known to disproportionately impact communities of color? ii
Docket Entries
2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 12, 2021)
Attorneys
Toheed Ahmed
Meredith Esser — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent