No. 23-5473

Arnez J. Salazar v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arizona-v-gant closed-container fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reaching-distance search-incident-to-arrest secured-arrestee vehicle-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment permits a warrantless search incident to arrest when the arrestee is secured and not within reaching distance of a closed container

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court’s opinion in Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009) created a two-part test that requires an arrestee to be unsecured and within reaching distance of a closed container for law enforcement officials to conduct a warrantless search incident to arrest.

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 28, 2023)

Attorneys

Arnez Salazar
Tom DrysdaleFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Tom DrysdaleFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent