No. 21-8115

Latoya Nicole Carter v. Virginia

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2022-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-entry law-enforcement search-and-seizure trespass unlawful-arrest use-of-force
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment forbids a law enforcement officer from trespassing into a resident's home by shoving his foot into the doorway through the threshold, and whether the resident may lawfully expel the trespassing officer and resist any unlawful arrest that may be effectuated by such officer

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Where a law enforcement officer trespasses into a resident’s home by shoving his foot into the doorway through the threshold of the home, does the Fourth Amendment forbid such conduct and allow the resident to lawfully expel the trespassing officer and further lawfully resist any unlawful arrest that may be effectuated by such officer? 2 .

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-16
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
2022-06-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)
2022-03-23
Application (21A531) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 10, 2022.
2022-03-18
Application (21A531) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 12, 2022 to June 11, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Latoya Nicole Carter
Matthew Lind PackPack Law Group/ M. Pack Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Virginia
Andrew Nathan FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent