No. 25-114

Evelyn-Natasha La Anyane v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2025-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: None
Key Terms:
ERISA FourthAmendment DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. This Court has repeatedly held that the government may not confer a benefit conditioned on the waiver of a constitutional right. A blood draw is a highly intrusive invasion of bodily integrity for which a warrant is generally required. Under Georgia’s implied consent statute, a driver arrested for driving under the influence who refuses to consent to a blood draw has his driver’s license suspended for at least a year and the refusal may be used as evidence of guilt at a criminal trial. Does the Georgia statute violate the unconstitutional conditions doctrine? 2. Consent is one of the exceptions to the Fourth Amendment ’s warrant requirement. This Court has repeatedly held that , to be valid , consent must be given voluntarily and not as a result of duress or coercion . Under the Georgia implied consent statute, a driver who refuses to consent to a blood draw faces an automatic suspension of his driver’s license of at least one year and having his refusal admitted as evidence of guilt at a criminal trial . Are these substantial adverse consequences of refusal to consent impermissibly coerc ive so as to render consent involuntary?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-01
Reply of petitioner Evelyn-Natasha La Anyane filed. (Distributed)
2025-12-01
Reply of Evelyn-Natasha La Anyane submitted.
2025-11-21
Brief amici curiae of Georgia Association of Solicitors-General, et al. filed.
2025-11-21
Amicus brief of The Georgia Association of Solicitors-General & District Attorneys' Association of Georgia submitted.
2025-11-18
Brief of respondent Georgia in opposition filed.
2025-11-18
Brief of Georgia in opposition submitted.
2025-10-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 21, 2025.
2025-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2025 to November 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-10
Motion of Georgia for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-22
Response Requested. (Due October 22, 2025)
2025-09-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of DUI Defense Lawyers Association filed.
2025-08-29
Amicus brief of DUI Defense Lawyers Association submitted.
2025-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2025)
2025-06-03
Application (24A1188) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 25, 2025.
2025-05-30
Application (24A1188) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 25, 2025 to August 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

DUI Defense Lawyers Association
Michelle Lynn BehanThe Behan Law Group, P.L.L.C., Amicus
Michelle Lynn BehanThe Behan Law Group, P.L.L.C., Amicus
Evelyn-Natasha La Anyane
Richard A. SimpsonWiley Rein, LLP, Petitioner
Richard A. SimpsonWiley Rein, LLP, Petitioner
Georgia
Steven E. RosenbergFulton County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Steven E. RosenbergFulton County Attorney's Office, Respondent
The Georgia Association of Solicitors-General & District Attorneys' Association of Georgia
Robert Wright Smith Jr.PAC, Amicus
Robert Wright Smith Jr.PAC, Amicus