No. 25-5883

Leonard James Tate v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: fourth-amendment hotel-search law-enforcement marijuana-search probable-cause scent-tracking
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a law enforcement officer's untrained and uncorroborated tracking of marijuana odor through a multiunit hotel, without canine assistance or independent verification, provides sufficient reliability to establish probable cause under the Fourth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a law enforcement officer's untrained and uncorroborated tracking of marijuana odor through a multiunit hotel provides sufficient reliability to establish probable cause under the Fourth Amendment

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-30
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Leonard Tate
Jesse Harris WalstadVogel Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent