No. 22-5806

Jessica Lynne Gould v. Isaiah Ben Johnson

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2022-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment child's-passport due-process fourth-amendment international-travel parental-rights passport-restriction state-court-authority state-courts warrantless-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-11-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the 4th Amendment protect parents against the warrantless seizure of their child's passport by state courts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | The U.S. Department of State provides that: “a state court has the authority to order a parent } possessing a child’s passport to surrender the | passport to the court or the court’s designee. Such | an order is enforceable by the court’s authorities | under its state’s law. The court may hold the | passport as long as it deems necessary to reduce | the likelihood of the removal of a minor child from the United States.” The questions presented are: I. Does the 4% Amendment protect parents against the warrantless seizure of their child’s passport by state courts as that seizure is currently authorized by the U.S. Department of State. . II. Is there a constitutional right to international travel.

Docket Entries

2022-11-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
2022-10-13
Waiver of right of respondent Isaiah Ben Johnson to respond filed.
2022-09-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Isaiah Ben Johnson
Jonathan Theodore SternbergJonathan Sternberg Attorney, P.C., Respondent
Jessica Lynne Gould
Jessica Lynne Gould — Petitioner