No. 21-6251

Jason Wattie Buzzard and Paul William Martin v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-investigation fourth-amendment police-questioning prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop unlawful-detention
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-12-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a police officer conducting a traffic stop unlawfully prolongs that stop, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, by asking the occupants of the car whether there is anything 'illegal' in the car without any basis to do so

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a police officer conducting a traffic stop unlawfully prolongs that stop, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, by asking the occupants of the car whether there is anything “illegal” in the car without any basis to do so. -1 II.

Docket Entries

2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Jason Buzzard, et al.
Jonathan David ByrneFederal Pub Defender S. Dist., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent