No. 22-5925
Christopher Santillanes Ceja v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment criminal-investigation drug-trafficking fourth-amendment investigative-duration law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2022-11-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was the traffic stop of Mr. Ceja unreasonably prolonged?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Was the traffic stop of Mr. Ceja unreasonably prolonged when officers conducted two consecutive investigations, one for an alleged traffic violation and one for suspicion of drug trafficking, when they did not discover any new indicia of criminal activity during the course of the traffic stop and information relevant to both investigations was known to the officers from the outset of their traffic stop? 2
Docket Entries
2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2022)
Attorneys
Christopher Ceja
Elizabeth T. Musick — Musick & Tierney Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Elizabeth T. Musick — Musick & Tierney Law, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent