No. 23-5784

Aaron Lee Porter v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abandonment-doctrine clear-error de-novo-review fourth-amendment question-of-fact question-of-law search-and-seizure standard-of-review
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a finding that an object has been abandoned within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment a question of law subject to de novo review, or a purely factual question reviewed for clear error only?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is a finding that an object has been abandoned within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment a question of law subject to de novo review, or a purely factual question reviewed for clear error only?

Docket Entries

2023-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)
2023-09-01
Application (23A189) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 11, 2023.
2023-08-28
Application (23A189) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 11, 2023 to October 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Aaron Lee Porter
Kathleen ShenOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent