No. 23-6688

Christian Alejandro Estrella v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement parole parole-search police-authority probable-cause search-and-seizure suspicionless-search suspicionless-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does probable cause to believe that a person is on parole suffice for a suspicionless seizure and search or is knowledge of parole status required?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED A police officer may seize and search a person on parole without suspicion. See Samson v. California, 547 U.S. 848, 857 (2006). But the officer must first determine that this person is a parolee rather than an ordinary citizen. The question presented is: Does probable cause to believe that a person is on parole suffice for a suspicionless seizure and search or is knowledge of parole status required? i

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2024)

Attorneys

Christian Estrella
Yevgeniy Mikhail ParkmanFederal Public Defender, N.D. Cal., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent