No. 21-5163

Gregory Scott Stephen v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-pornography criminal-procedure eighth-circuit fourth-amendment government-agent private-citizen search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing-guidelines standing
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that a private citizen can never be established as a government agent absent the knowledge and acquiescence of the police correct for Fourth Amendment purposes?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED a + i 1. Was the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that a private citizen can never be established asa government agent absent the knowledge and acquiescence of the police correct for Fourth Amendment purposes? Ls 2. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit correctly determine that the DCI Agents that searched : ' petitioner's residences and the devices found within those residences was not in excess of the scope of the search warrant? i { Fi ' 3. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth.Circuit correctly determine that petitioner's sentence adequately ; accounted/for his acceptance of responsibility by pleading guilty in a timely manner even though it made no change in the a advisory Guideline sentence? 4 iy, 4. In child pornography cases, should all images and videos be subject to the Dost faciors to define them as child pornography, i and should the judge view the files to define them? . ' | i ; { . i : ; : ; : ‘i i I i , ' z i . . : ie ;

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Gregory Scott Stephen
Gregory Scott Stephen — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent