No. 23-7827

Gianni Montay Minners v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment fourth-amendment gang-affiliation high-crime-area investigative-detention law-enforcement prior-gun-possession probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is an investigative detention reasonable when there are insufficient facts to conclude the individual is a gang member or the area is a high crime area, and the person was spotted with a gun days earlier?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. To be reasonable, an officer’s investigative detention must be justified at its inception. The question presented is: Is it reasonable for an officer to conduct an investigative detention where there are insufficient facts in the record to conclude that an individual is gang member, where there are insufficient facts that an area may be considered a high crime area, and where a person was spotted with a gun six days earlier? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-26
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2024)

Attorneys

Gianni Minners
Chance CammackFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Chance CammackFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent