No. 21-6136

Marcio Santos-Portillo v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-exclusion federal-law-enforcement judicial-discretion procedural-remedy separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal court has the discretion to exclude evidence obtained by federal law enforcement agents in violation of a federal statute

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a federal court has the discretion to exclude evidence obtained by federal law enforcement agents in violation of a federal statute, as three circuits have held, or whether courts per se lack such authority in the absence of a constitutional violation or express statutory remedy, as the lower court and three other circuits have held. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Marcio Santos-Portillo
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent