No. 21-6890

Robert William Moats v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights consensual-encounter consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention fourth-amendment police-detention probable-cause search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the majority opinion of the United States Fourth Circuit of Appeals, which held that the defendant had a consensual encounter with police and was not illegally detained, questioned, or prevented from leaving the area, contravenes rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the majority opinion of the United States Fourth Circuit of Appeals, which held that the defendant had a consensual encounter with police and was not illegally detained, questioned, or prevented from leaving the area, contravenes rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. i

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Robert William Moats
John Joseph BalenovichJohn J. Balenovich Law Offices, LC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent