No. 24-1275

Jo-Ann Connelly v. Connecticut, ex rel. Jeremiah Dunn, Chief State Animal Control Officer

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2025-06-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: community-caretaking exclusionary-rule forfeiture-proceedings government-welfare home-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the exclusionary rule applies to warrantless searches of the home conducted for community caretaking and in forfeiture proceedings where the government claims welfare motivations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the exclusionary rule applies to warrantless searches of the home conducted for community caretaking ? 2. Whether the exclusionary rule applies to warrantless searches of the home in forfeiture proceedings where the government claims it is motivated by welfare concerns rather than punishing the property owner?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent Connecticut, ex rel. Dunn to respond filed.
2025-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2025)
2025-03-14
Application (24A867) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 16, 2025.
2025-03-07
Application (24A867) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Connecticut, ex rel. Dunn
Daniel Matthew SaltonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jo-Ann Connelly
Earl Neville Mayfield IIIJuris Day, PLLC, Petitioner