No. 25-5632

Isaac Alvarez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: None
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

STION PRESENTE D Where there is no specific and articulable reason to objectively believe an y occupant of a stopped vehicle is armed, dangerous, or involved in criminal conduct —but simply that the vehicle has potentially committed a non-criminal traffic violation —is an officer’s approach to the vehicle at gunpoint, extracti on and frisk of the driver at gunpoint, and (after discovering no weapon) directing him to the patrol car at gunpoint without asking a single investigatory question, permissible under Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1 ( 1968), or do these actions either individually or cumulatively constitute a de facto arrest without probable cause —unjustifiable on an officer safety rationale ? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i), Petitioner Isaac Alvarez submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-25
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Isaac Alvarez
Brenda Greenberg BrynFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Brenda Greenberg BrynFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent