No. 25-6145

Gabriel Gallegos v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion show-of-authority terry-stop vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a law enforcement show of authority causing a vehicle to come to a complete stop, however briefly, constitutes a Fourth Amendment stop requiring reasonable articulable suspicion

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whe n law en forcemen t makes a show of authority that causes a vehicle to come to a complete stop, however b riefly, before fleeing, is that a stop within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment that would necessar ily require at least reasonable articula ble susp icion to justify law enforcement ’s actions?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-03
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Gabriel Gallegos
Ellis Murray Johnston IIIClarke Johnston Thorp & Rice PC, Petitioner
Ellis Murray Johnston IIIClarke Johnston Thorp & Rice PC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent