No. 21-7808

John Edward McIntyre v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-interdiction criminal-procedure equal-protection fourth-amendment high-crime-neighborhood high-crime-neighborhoods law-enforcement probable-cause racial-profiling targeted-enforcement traffic-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2022-06-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the holding in Whren v. United States should be overruled in cases where a traffic stop is the result of a targeted criminal interdiction operation, specifically aimed at ferreting out crime in high crime neighborhoods

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), this Court held that for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, a police officer’s subjective motivation for conducting a traffic stop is irrelevant as long as there was an objectively reasonable basis for doing so. Should this holding be overruled in cases where a traffic stop is the result of a targeted criminal interdiction operation, specifically aimed at ferreting out crime in high crime neighborhoods? il

Docket Entries

2022-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-05-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-05-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 8, 2022)

Attorneys

John Edward McIntyre
Betty L. MarakFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent