No. 24-5332

Armando Daniel Calderon v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement property-rights reasonable-suspicion vehicle-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an officer violate a driver's Fourth Amendment property rights by continuing to seize a vehicle after the driver is in custody without independent reasonable suspicion?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Does an officer interfere with a driver’s property rights, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, by continuing to seize a vehicle after the driver is in other officers’ custody, without independent reasonable suspicion involving the vehicle or the person designated by the driver to take custody of it? 2. In order to establish a drug-distribution conspiracy between a government agent’s middleman and a putative seller of drugs, must there be evidence of their prolonged course of sales and shared stake therein? 3. Is a buyer and seller’s agreement to commit a further crime, beyond their single transaction, an essential element of a drug-distribution conspiracy between that buyer and seller, which must be provided to a jury sua sponte if a buyer-seller relationship is supported by substantial evidence? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Armando Daniel Calderon
Elizabeth GarfinkleLaw Offices of Elizabeth Garfinkle, Petitioner
Elizabeth GarfinkleLaw Offices of Elizabeth Garfinkle, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent